{"product_id":"battle-of-the-beams","title":"Battle Of The Beams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Deeply researched and engagingly written'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Chock full of memorable characters and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewritten\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewith all the drama and pace of a Robert Harris thriller'' \u003ci\u003eRowland White, author of Mosquito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer 1939. War is coming. The British believe that, through ingenuity and scientific prowess, they alone have a war-winning weapon: radar. They are wrong. The Germans have it too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey believe that their unique maritime history means their pilots have no need of navigational aids. They are wrong. Most of the bombs the RAF will drop in the first years of the war land miles from their target.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey also believe that the Germans, without the same naval tradition, will never be able to find targets at night. They are, again, wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1939 the Germans don''t just have radar to spot planes entering their airspace, they have radio beams to guide their own planes into enemy airspace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis war will be fought on land and sea and in the air, but it will also be fought on the airwaves. It will be fought between scientists on both sides at the forefront of knowledge, and the agents and commandos they relied on to bolster that knowledge. Thanks to one young engineer, Reginald Jones, the British develop radar technology that went on to help the Allies win the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelying on first-hand accounts from Reginald Jones as well as papers recently released by the Admiralty, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of the Beams\u003c\/i\u003e fills a huge missing piece in the canon of World War II literature. It is a tale that combines history, science, derring do and dogged determination and will appeal as much to fans of World War II history as to those fascinated by the science behind the beams that changed our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe radio war of 1939-45 is one of the great scientific battles in history. This is the story of that war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400660984190,"sku":"NW9780552177801","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552177801.jpg?v=1778660367","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/battle-of-the-beams","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}