Engineers of Victory
The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
$22.94
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2014
Summary
In Engineers of Victory, Paul Kennedy reveals the role of the problem-solvers and middle-men who made it happen.
From Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, one of the most acclaimed history books of recent decades, Engineers of Victory is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War.
In January 1943, Churchill and Roosevelt met in Casablanca to review the Allies’ war aims. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141036090 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141036095 |
| Author: | Paul Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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Consistently original … An important contribution to our understanding
Consistently original … An important contribution to our understanding – Michael Beschloss * The New York Times Book Review *
His refreshing study … asks the right questions, disposes of clichés and gives a rich account of neglected topics – David Edgerton * Financial Times *
Colourfully and convincingly illustrates the ingenuity and persistence of a few people who made all the difference * Washington Post *
About The Author
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy is among the world’s best-selling and most influential historians. Raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he took his doctorate in Oxford and began work shortly afterwards for the first great historian of WW2, Sir Basil Liddell Hart. He now teaches at Yale, and is the author or editor of nineteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (translated into over twenty languages), and the now classic Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery.
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