A clash of cultures: The case for large convoys

Patrick Blackett: Sailor, Scientist, Socialist

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 137-166

  Llewellyn Jones, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85076150392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203508510-16     Document Type: Chapter

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