Secret Warriors: Key Scientists, Code Breakers and Propagandists of the Great War

The First World War was a modern, industrial and technological war, but the war effort wasn't confined to the battlefield. Engineers and chemists, doctors, code-breakers, writers and scientists all played vital roles.

In Taylor Downing's revelatory new take on the Great War, he explores the successes and legacies of this research and creativity. Looking afresh at archives old and new, Secret Warriors uncovers the astonishing foundations that wartime ingenuity laid for decades of scientific progress to come.