Paul Kennedy is internationally known for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic, and strategic issues. He earned his B.A. at Newcastle University and his doctorate at the University of Oxford. Since 1983, he has been the Dilworth Professor of History and director of international security studies at Yale University. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for "The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, "and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Kennedy is the author and editor of nineteen books, including "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, "which has been translated into more than twenty languages, followed by "Preparing for the Twenty-first Century "(1993), and "The Parliament of Man" (2006).
"Superbly written and carefully documented . . . indispensable
reading for anyone who seeks to understand how and why the Allies
won.""--The Christian Science Monitor"
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"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"
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"[Kennedy] colorfully and convincingly illustrates the ingenuity
and persistence of a few men who made all the difference."--"The
Washington Post"
"Kennedy has produced a fresh perspective on the war, giving us not
just another history of an overfamiliar conflict, but a manual of
technical problem-solving, written in the clearest and most
compelling style, that could still prove useful to modern
management today."--"The Telegraph" (UK)
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"This superb book is Kennedy's best.""--Foreign Affairs"
"Paul Kennedy . . . has thus achieved a notable feat in bringing a
large dose of common sense, historical insight and detailed
knowledge to bear in his refreshing study of what might be called
the material history of the second world war. . . . This material
history of strategy asks the right questions, disposes of clichEs
and gives rich accounts of neglected topics."--"Financial
Times"
"Paul Kennedy's history of World War II is a demonstration not only
of incisive analysis and mastery of subject, but of profound
integrity, and a historian's desire to celebrate not great leaders
but the forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who
gave us the tactical edge, without which the strategic designs
could never have been achieved."--Robert D. Kaplan, author of "The
Revenge of Geography"
"Kennedy's fine-grained analysis and suspicion of any one single
cause--like cipher cracking, intelligence and deception operations,
or specific weapons systems, like the Soviet T-34 tank--permit him
to persuasively array his supporting facts. . . . An absorbing new
approach to a well-worked field."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred
review)
"A fresh and stimulating approach."--"Publishers Weekly"
Praise for "Engineers of Victory"
""Engineers of Victory" achieves the difficult task of being a
consistently original book about one of the most relentlessly
examined episodes in human history. . . . Like an engineer who
pries open a pocket watch to reveal its inner mechanics, Kennedy
tells how little-known men and woman at lower levels helped win the
war. . . . An important contribution to our understanding of World
War II."--Michael Beschloss, "The New York Times Book Review"
"In this valuable addition to the very long shelf of recent books
about World War II, Kennedy looks at the 18 months before the D-Day
invasion in June 1944. . . . As he walks the reader through the
critical breakthroughs required to achieve such daunting tasks as
attacking an enemy shore thousands of miles from home, Kennedy
colorfully and convincingly illustrates the ingenuity and
persistence of a few men who made all the difference."--"The
Washington Post"
"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"
"Paul Kennedy . . . has thus achieved a notable feat in bringing a
large dose of common sense, historical insight and detailed
knowledge to bear in his refreshing study of what might be called
the material history of the second world war. . . . This material
history of strategy asks the right questions, disposes of cliches
and gives rich accounts of neglected topics."--"Financial
Times"
"Paul Kennedy's history of World War II is a demonstration not only
of incisive analysis and mastery of subject, but of profound
integrity, and a historian's desire to celebrate not great leaders
but the forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who
gave us the tacti
Advance praise for "Engineers of Victory"
"Paul Kennedy's history of World War II is a demonstration not only
of incisive analysis and mastery of subject, but of profound
integrity, and a historian's desire to celebrate not great leaders
but the forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who
gave us the tactical edge, without which the strategic designs
could never have been achieved."--Robert D. Kaplan, author of "The
Revenge of Geography"
"Kennedy's fine-grained analysis and suspicion of any one single
cause--like cipher cracking, intelligence and deception operations,
or specific weapons systems, like the Soviet T-34 tank--permit him
to persuasively array his supporting facts. . . . An absorbing new
approach to a well-worked field."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred
review)
"A fresh and stimulating approach."--"Publishers Weekly"
Praise for Paul Kennedy's "Preparing for the Twenty-first
Century"
"A tour de force, required reading for anyone who wants to take the
measure of twenty-first-century realities.""--The New York Times
Book Review"
"Full of insight and perspective, and the balanced cadences of
[Kennedy's] prose are a pleasure to read."--"Newsday"
"Provocative . . . The insights and penetrating analyses are a
valuable help in understanding more deeply the forces of
change."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"Kennedy's view is panoramic, and he wields it masterfully. . . .
What is involved is nothing less than everyone's future on
Earth."--"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
""Preparing for the Twenty-first Century" has all the virtues that
made "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" such a success. Its
reach is global, and the questions it asks are large and
pressing."--"The New York Review of Book"s
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