Politics and Innovation in the Development of Radar Technology in Germany and Great Britain up to 1945

The book compares the development of radar in Britain and Germany before and during the Second World War. It shows how innovation systems, leadership structures, and organisations influenced technological progress, particularly in Britain. Based on extensive archival research, it reassesses groundbreaking technological developments as well as strategic and operational measures such as radio intelligence, jamming, and operational research. The comparison of innovation steps and barriers in the context of political decisions plays a central role. Strategic foresight, combined with collaboration between politics, military, industry, and science, was crucial to the war’s outcome. This book offers a fresh perspective on wartime innovation.