Jack Nissen (33 results)
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- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. memoir of a British radar technician who was sent into Dieppe to acquire German radar equipment.
Published by MacMillan of Canada, Toronto, 1987
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Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. 224p. Photos. Maps. RAF radar technical from 1937 to Wars end. Went on the raid to seize German radar. Owner's emboss. Fine/Near Fine copy.
Published by Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1987
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Seller: Book Dispensary, Concord, ON, CanadaBook Dispensary
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text; a clean, gently used copy. Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 224pp. Faint foxing to exterior page edges, dust jacket in protective mylar.
Published by Macmillan of Canada, 1987
- Hardcover
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Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Like New. A tight copy; interior bright and clean. Memoir of Jack Nissen, the developer of the guiding radar system used by the RAF during World War II. Nissen originally used the system to detect enemy planes, but later realised that it could be better used to guide planes as well. Nissen was pa…rachuted behind enemy lines to steal German radar equipment and along with a single bodyguard was the only survivor of the group.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Illustrated with historic photos 8vo. 224 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
More imagesPublished by Macmillan of Canada, 1987
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- First Edition
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Macmillan, 1987. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 224 pages. ISBN: 0771595107.…100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell.
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Published by MacMillan of Canada, 1987., 1987
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Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. NAP. 224p. Photos. Maps. RAF radar technical from 1937 to Wars end. Went on the raid to seize German radar. In mylar. Fine/Fine copy.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 224 pp, index, b/w photos. Dj has light edgewear.
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Seller: Paul Meekins Military & History Books, Stratford upon Avon, United KingdomPaul Meekins Military & History Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback; very good in faded and scratched dustjacket.; The secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key participants - Jack Nissen. Illustrated; +xvipp.; 224 pages.
Published by MacMillan of Canada, Toronto, 1987
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Seller: Riverwash Books (IOBA), Prescott, ON, CanadaRiverwash Books (IOBA)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 223 pp. Index. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear, small tear at upper front corner. Nissen's first hand account of how he went to work, and enabled, the Allied lead in Radar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A vivid first-hand account of Britainâs secret struggle to master radar technology during the Second World War, this memoir offers an insiderâs view of the scientists, engineers, and strategists who helped turn the tide of the conflict. Blending technical insight with personal reflection, the aut…hor recounts the breakthroughs, setbacks, and intense pressures behind one of the warâs most decisive innovations. Fascinating, human, and historically important, itâs an essential read for anyone interested in wartime science, intelligence, and innovation.
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- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. DJ in archival cover. Stated first US edition with a full number line starting with 1.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xii, [2], 224 pages. Maps, Illustrations. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling and is taped to the boards. Some marginal pencil marks noted. Jack Nissen (1918-1997) was a technician who worked on radar developments and installations during World War II. Recounted in his mem…oir, Winning the Radar War, Jack Nissen was part of a secret reconnaissance assignment during the Dieppe Raid. The Canadian South Saskatchewan Regiment escorted Nissen in his quest to find out more about the German Freya radar installed at Pourville, near Dieppe. His job was to find out if Germany possessed precision radar technology. However, because of his valuable knowledge of the British radar, the South Saskatchewan Regiment was under orders to shoot and kill the radar specialist should the task be intercepted by the Germans and the raiding party be in danger of capture; under no circumstances could the British afford to let Nissen be taken alive. With numerous close calls during the raid, which was eventually successful, Nissen escaped capture and returned to England. His action in cutting the land lines and forcing the Freya operators to resort to radio transmissions, which the British radio listeners were able to monitor, confirmed that the German Freya radar was indeed a precision installation. Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain, an emitting antenna, a receiving antenna (separate or the same as the previous one) to capture any returns from objects in the path of the emitted signal, a receiver and processor to determine properties of the object(s). Radar was secretly developed by several nations in the period before and during World War II. The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. The term radar has since entered English and other languages as a common noun, losing all capitalization. Full radar evolved as a pulsed system, and the first such elementary apparatus was demonstrated in December 1934 by the American Robert M. Page, working at the Naval Research Laboratory. The following year, the United States Army successfully tested a primitive surface-to-surface radar to aim coastal battery search lights at night. This was followed by a pulsed system demonstrated in May 1935 by Rudolf Kühnhold and the firm GEMA in Germany and then one in June 1935 by an Air Ministry team led by Robert A. Watson-Watt in Great Britain. Development of radar greatly expanded on 1 September 1936 when Watson-Watt became Superintendent of a new establishment under the British Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station located in Bawdsey Manor, near Felixstowe, Suffolk. Work there resulted in the design and installation of aircraft detection and tracking stations called "Chain Home" along the East and South coasts of England in time for the outbreak of World War II in 1939. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain. An earlier report about aircraft causing radio interference led to the Daventry Experiment of 26 February 1935, using a powerful BBC shortwave transmitter as the source and their GPO receiver set up in a field while a bomber flew around the site. When returns were clearly seen, funds were immediately provided for development of an operational system. Given all required funding and development support, the team had working radar systems in 1935 and began deployment. By 1936 the first five Chain Home (CH) systems were operational and by 1940 stretched across the entire UK including Northern Ireland. Even by standards of the era, CH was crude; instead of broadcasting and receiving from an aimed antenna, CH broadcast a signal floodlighting the entire area in front of it, and then used one of Watt's own radio direction finders to determine the direction of the returned echoes. This meant that CH transmitters had to be much more powerful and have better antennas than competing systems but allowed its rapid introduction using existing technologies. In late 1941 Popular Mechanics had an article in which a U.S. scientist speculated about the British early warning system on the English east coast and came close to what it was and how it worked. In 1943, Page greatly improved radar with the monopulse technique that was used for many years in most radar applications. First U.S. Edition [stated], First printing [stated].
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- First Edition
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United KingdomCamilla's Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN PERFECT BLACK CLOTH, WITH BRIGHT SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1989 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET (UNCLIPPED). XV1/224pp WITH INTRODUCTION, 15 CHAPTERS, 2 X MAPS, 12 WAR-TIME PHOTOS, AND INDEX.THE AUTHOR INVENTED A WAY TO U…SE RADAR TO DIRECT FIGHTERS ON TO GERMAN BOMBERS, RATHER THAN JUST DETECT THEM. THIS BROUGHT HIM REGONITION AND DANGER. HE JOINED A COMMANDO RAID TO DISCOVER HOW TO JAM GERMAN RADAR. THIS HELPED WITH D-DAY AND THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE. CONDITION OF BOOK IS VG/VG.
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Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canadabmyguest books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Canadian Edition Signed. Hardcover, First Edition. In A Very Good Dust Jacket. 224 Pages With An Index. Signed At The Dedication Page " To Mike With Best Wishes Jack Nissen 1987We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or st…ated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Signed by Authors at the first Endpaper.
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Condition: Fine. Tight, clean and unmarked-" this is the complete drama of the secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key players. "Jack Nissen, a young Cockney with a genius for electronics was recruited by the British Air Ministry to work on the even newer development of radar technology. This is the sus…pense-filled story of the experiments, the inventive breakthroughs, the electronic eavesdropping, and the sheer good luck that sometimes determined the outcome. In 1942 Nissen volunteered for the dangerous commando mission to obtain German radar equipment at Dieppe so the British could determine how to jam it in preparation for the huge invasion being planned. Because of the invaluable knowledge he carried, he was assigned a bodyguard - South Sakatchewan Rifles - who had orders to kill him if he fell into enemy hands. Nissen and one Canadian were the only survivors of this special group." A key factor in the Allied Victory.".
Published by MacMillan, New York, 1987
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Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1987
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- First Edition
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Canadian Edition. 224 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with a section of black and white plates in the center of the book. Bound in blue hardcovers with silver titles on the spine. Blue illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition with red and black title…s. 1ST CANADIAN EDITION. NPC. NF/NF. Book.
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Published by Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1987
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Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, CanadaEdmonton Book Store
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Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.224. book.
