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Engineers Of Victory
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Author : Paul M. Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Release Date : 2013
Engineers Of Victory written by Paul M. Kennedy and has been published by Random House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Analyzes previously unexplored strategic factors that contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, sharing assessments of ambitious goals successfully pursued by FDR, Churchill, and other attendees at the Casablanca Conference.
Engineers Of Victory
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Author : Paul Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-01-29
Engineers Of Victory written by Paul Kennedy and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-29 with History categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Paul Kennedy, award-winning author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers and one of today’s most renowned historians, now provides a new and unique look at how World War II was won. Engineers of Victory is a fascinating nuts-and-bolts account of the strategic factors that led to Allied victory. Kennedy reveals how the leaders’ grand strategy was carried out by the ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers, and businessmen responsible for realizing their commanders’ visions of success. In January 1943, FDR and Churchill convened in Casablanca and established the Allied objectives for the war: to defeat the Nazi blitzkrieg; to control the Atlantic sea lanes and the air over western and central Europe; to take the fight to the European mainland; and to end Japan’s imperialism. Astonishingly, a little over a year later, these ambitious goals had nearly all been accomplished. With riveting, tactical detail, Engineers of Victory reveals how. Kennedy recounts the inside stories of the invention of the cavity magnetron, a miniature radar “as small as a soup plate,” and the Hedgehog, a multi-headed grenade launcher that allowed the Allies to overcome the threat to their convoys crossing the Atlantic; the critical decision by engineers to install a super-charged Rolls-Royce engine in the P-51 Mustang, creating a fighter plane more powerful than the Luftwaffe’s; and the innovative use of pontoon bridges (made from rafts strung together) to help Russian troops cross rivers and elude the Nazi blitzkrieg. He takes readers behind the scenes, unveiling exactly how thousands of individual Allied planes and fighting ships were choreographed to collectively pull off the invasion of Normandy, and illuminating how crew chiefs perfected the high-flying and inaccessible B-29 Superfortress that would drop the atomic bombs on Japan. The story of World War II is often told as a grand narrative, as if it were fought by supermen or decided by fate. Here Kennedy uncovers the real heroes of the war, highlighting for the first time the creative strategies, tactics, and organizational decisions that made the lofty Allied objectives into a successful reality. In an even more significant way, Engineers of Victory has another claim to our attention, for it restores “the middle level of war” to its rightful place in history. Praise for Engineers of Victory “Superbly written and carefully documented . . . indispensable reading for anyone who seeks to understand how and why the Allies won.”—The Christian Science Monitor “An important contribution to our understanding of World War II . . . Like an engineer who pries open a pocket watch to reveal its inner mechanics, [Paul] Kennedy tells how little-known men and women at lower levels helped win the war.”—Michael Beschloss, The New York Times Book Review “Histories of World War II tend to concentrate on the leaders and generals at the top who make the big strategic decisions and on the lowly grunts at the bottom. . . . [Engineers of Victory] seeks to fill this gap in the historiography of World War II and does so triumphantly. . . . This book is a fine tribute.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Kennedy] colorfully and convincingly illustrates the ingenuity and persistence of a few men who made all the difference.”—The Washington Post “This superb book is Kennedy’s best.”—Foreign Affairs
Engineering Victory
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Author : Thomas F. Army Jr.
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2016-06-01
Engineering Victory written by Thomas F. Army Jr. and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-01 with History categories.
Superior engineering skills among Union soldiers helped ensure victory in the Civil War. Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies strength in engineering—not superior military strategy or industrial advantage—as the critical determining factor in the war’s outcome. Army finds that Union soldiers were able to apply scientific ingenuity and innovation to complex problems in a way that Confederate soldiers simply could not match. Skilled Free State engineers who were trained during the antebellum period benefited from basic educational reforms, the spread of informal educational practices, and a culture that encouraged learning and innovation. During the war, their rapid construction and repair of roads, railways, and bridges allowed Northern troops to pass quickly through the forbidding terrain of the South as retreating and maneuvering Confederates struggled to cut supply lines and stop the Yankees from pressing any advantage. By presenting detailed case studies from both theaters of the war, Army clearly demonstrates how the soldiers’ education, training, and talents spelled the difference between success and failure, victory and defeat. He also reveals massive logistical operations as critical in determining the war’s outcome.
Engineering The Victory
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Engineering The Victory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Engineering Victory
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Author : Thomas F. Army Jr.
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2016-06
Engineering Victory written by Thomas F. Army Jr. and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06 with History categories.
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The Perfectionists
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Author : Simon Winchester
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-05-08
The Perfectionists written by Simon Winchester and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with History categories.
“Another gem from one of the world’s justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people.” — Booklist (starred review) The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in eighteenth-century England, standards of measurement were established, giving way to the development of machine tools—machines that make machines. Eventually, the application of precision tools and methods resulted in the creation and mass production of items from guns and glass to mirrors, lenses, and cameras—and eventually gave way to further breakthroughs, including gene splicing, microchips, and the Hadron Collider. Simon Winchester takes us back to origins of the Industrial Age, to England where he introduces the scientific minds that helped usher in modern production: John Wilkinson, Henry Maudslay, Joseph Bramah, Jesse Ramsden, and Joseph Whitworth. It was Thomas Jefferson who later exported their discoveries to the fledgling United States, setting the nation on its course to become a manufacturing titan. Winchester moves forward through time, to today’s cutting-edge developments occurring around the world, from America to Western Europe to Asia. As he introduces the minds and methods that have changed the modern world, Winchester explores fundamental questions. Why is precision important? What are the different tools we use to measure it? Who has invented and perfected it? Has the pursuit of the ultra-precise in so many facets of human life blinded us to other things of equal value, such as an appreciation for the age-old traditions of craftsmanship, art, and high culture? Are we missing something that reflects the world as it is, rather than the world as we think we would wish it to be? And can the precise and the natural co-exist in society?
Engineering The Victory
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Engineering The Victory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Victory At Sea
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Author : Paul Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2022-04-26
Victory At Sea written by Paul Kennedy and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with History categories.
A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II “A brilliant and gripping book by a master historian working at the top of his powers.”—Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University “Paul Kennedy has written a classic in this sweeping narrative account of the desperate struggle to command the seas and America’s rise as a superpower during the Second World War.”—John H. Maurer, U.S. Naval War College In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall’s beautiful full‑color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the Second World War—the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan—Kennedy tells a story of naval battles, maritime campaigns, convoys, amphibious landings, and strikes from the sea. From the elimination of the Italian, German, and Japanese fleets and almost all of the French fleet, to the end of the era of the big‑gunned surface vessel, the advent of the atomic bomb, and the rise of an American economic and military power larger than anything the world had ever seen, Kennedy shows how the strategic landscape for naval affairs was completely altered between 1936 and 1946.
Summary Of Paul Kennedy S Engineers Of Victory
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Author : Everest Media
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-07-24T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Paul Kennedy S Engineers Of Victory written by Everest Media and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-24T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Battle of the Atlantic was the name given to the conflict between Germany and the Allies over the transportation of supplies and troops throughout World War II. It was a battle between men, aided by all the instruments and devices science could provide, but still one that would be decided by the skill and endurance of men. #2 The weather in the North Atlantic was as violent as any experienced sailor could remember in midwinter 1943. Because of this, the regular convoy traffic fell away at this time. #3 The Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 was the most serious crisis the Allies faced. The Allied merchant fleets had lost 7. 8 million tons in 1942, almost 6. 3 million of which was due to the U-boat. The American mass production shipyards were still gearing up to full strength, but their output in 1942 was only 7 million tons, which meant that total available Allied shipping capacity had decreased. #4 The losses of Allied merchant ships in March and April 1943 were alarming, and it seemed that the Germans were having more success at sinking Allied merchant ships than the Allies were in sinking U-boats.
Handbook Of Military Industrial Engineering
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Author : Adedeji B. Badiru
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2009-02-25
Handbook Of Military Industrial Engineering written by Adedeji B. Badiru and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-25 with Business & Economics categories.
In light of increasing economic and international threats, military operations must be examined with a critical eye in terms of process design, management, improvement, and control. Although the Pentagon and militaries around the world have utilized industrial engineering (IE) concepts to achieve this goal for decades, there has been no single reso