A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain

by David E. Fisher

Book Overview

Lord Hugh Dowding, Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Head of Fighter Command, First Baron of Bentley Priory, lived in the grip of unseen spirits. In thrall of the supernatural world, he talked to the ghosts of his dead pilots, proclaimed that Hitler was defeated only by the personal intervention of God, and believed in the existence of fairies. How could it be that such a man should be put in charge of evaluating technical developments for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593760477
• ISBN13: 9781593760472
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"