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

By Paul Kennedy

Categories: History

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War (2013) is a book by historian Paul Kennedy. Kennedy tells how engineers, scientists and organizers solved the practical military problems that let the Allies win key campaigns between 1943 and 1944. He focuses less on famous generals than on the people who made convoy escorts, landing craft and long-range fighters work.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book is "Engineers of Victory" by Paul Kennedy. This is a fascinating, brilliant book about the 18 months that led to D- Day. It tells the tales of the scientists, engineers and businessmen whose ideas, innovations and inventions produced the allied victory against the Nazis. We tend to think of grand strategy as all happening at the top. Churchill, Roosevelt. This book shows you the people below who actually made it all happen.”