Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

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Paul Kennedy

Engineers of Victory

The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

Paul Kennedy

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English

Penguin
27 August 2014

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Defence strategy, planning & research

In Engineers of VictoryPaul Kennedy reveals the role of the problem-solvers and middle-men who made it happen - such as Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the D-Day beaches; or Captain 'Johnny' Walker, who worked out how to sink U-boats with a 'creeping barrage'

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 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; or Captain 'Johnny' Walker, who worked out how to sink U-boats with a 'creeping barrage'. This book shows the conflict in an entirely new light. 'Consistently original ... An important contribution to our understanding'

Michael Beschloss, The New York Times Book Review

' Kennedy's

refreshing study ... asks the right questions, disposes of cliches 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

PAUL KENNEDY is one of the world's best-selling and most influential historians. He is the author or editor of nineteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been translated into over twenty languages, Preparing for the Twenty-First Century, The Parliament of Man and the now classic Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery.

By: Paul Kennedy
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 353g
ISBN: 9780141036090
ISBN 10: 0141036095
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 27 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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 all the difference * Washington Post *