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

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

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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…

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