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Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
Paul Kennedy
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Description for Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
Paperback. Offers an account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. This book reveals the role of the problem-solvers and middle-men who made it happen - like Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the D-Day beaches. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
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. To achieve unconditional surrender they had to overcome some formidable hurdles, from winning air command to 'hopping' across the Pacific islands. Eighteen months later, they had done what seemed impossible.
Here Paul Kennedy reveals the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141036090
SKU
V9780141036090
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99-9
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more