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Blind Bombing
- How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II
- De: Norman Fine
- Narrado por: Marlin May
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10
Norman Fine tells the relatively unknown story of radar’s transformation from a technical curiosity to a previously unimaginable offensive weapon. We meet scientists and warriors critical to the story of radar and its pressure-filled development and implementation. Blind Bombing brings to light two characters who played an integral role in the story as it unfolded: one, a brilliant and opinionated scientist, the other, an easygoing 21-year-old caught up in the peacetime draft.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and (mostly) well written
- De Ben en 09-13-23
- Blind Bombing
- How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II
- De: Norman Fine
- Narrado por: Marlin May
Interesting and (mostly) well written
Revisado: 09-13-23
A good resource for those wishing to better understand the development of WW2 radar technology in general, and aircraft mounted radar specifically. If you're the kind of person who is frustrated by the hand-waving that most historians perform in relation to technical advancement, you'll enjoy this.
The book also intertwines the very interesting story of the author's uncle, who happened to be a decorated airborne radar operator. However, the manner in which this personal story was woven into the main storyline could be slightly confusing, with the story of radar finishing a particular time period, then, when jumping back to the personal story, the narration going back a year or so. Not ideal (but not that awful either).
Another annoying issue is that the author unfortunately seems unaware of the extensive historical research done in the past 2+ decades regarding Britain's situation after the fall of France. As a result he repeats the now thoroughly debunked myths that the RAF was vastly outnumbered by the Luftwaffe (it was not, there was rough parity in numbers); that the Luftwaffe's decision to stop targeting the RAF and start area bombing was "inexplicable" (there was a very good reason - they were unable to seriously damage the RAF in the ground and they understood this); or that, had the Battle of Britain been lost, Germany would have successfully invaded Britain (there were multiple impediments to this, including the Royal Navy's complete control of the English Channel and many RAF bases in the north of Britain). This does not impact the quality of the technical content or the story telling, but it is annoying in a book of this kind.
The narrator was not awful, but was not particularly to my liking. He has quite a peculiar accent which I could not quite place (clearly American, but I'm not sure where exactly). I found his vowel pronunciation a little jarring in combination with his rhythm and pacing. A more neutral (Yankee or mid Atlantic) accented reader would probably work better (at least for those of us who are non-American).
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