The Resource Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War, Paul Kennedy
Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War, Paul Kennedy
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The item Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War, Paul Kennedy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
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- Summary
- "Engineers of Victory" is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being on the problem-solvers: Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the "funny tanks" which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker "the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage"
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxvi, 436 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic
- How to win command of the air
- How to stop a blitzkrieg
- How to seize an enemy-held shore
- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance"
- Conclusion: problem solving in history
- Isbn
- 9781400067619
- Label
- Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
- Title
- Engineers of victory
- Title remainder
- the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Kennedy
- Subject
-
- Bombing, Aerial -- History -- 20th century
- Germany -- Armed Forces | History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Germany -- Armed Forces | Organization
- Naval convoys -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century
- Amphibious warfare -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Engineers of Victory" is a new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being on the problem-solvers: Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the "funny tanks" which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker "the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage"
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kennedy, Paul M.
- Dewey number
- 940.54
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D743
- LC item number
- .K425 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Naval convoys
- World War, 1939-1945
- Bombing, Aerial
- Germany
- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945
- Amphibious warfare
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War, Paul Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-416) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic
- How to win command of the air
- How to stop a blitzkrieg
- How to seize an enemy-held shore
- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance"
- Conclusion: problem solving in history
- Control code
- 1323200
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxvi, 436 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400067619
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012024284
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1323200
- (OCoLC)299708282
- Label
- Engineers of victory : the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War, Paul Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-416) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic
- How to win command of the air
- How to stop a blitzkrieg
- How to seize an enemy-held shore
- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance"
- Conclusion: problem solving in history
- Control code
- 1323200
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxvi, 436 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400067619
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012024284
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1323200
- (OCoLC)299708282
Subject
- Bombing, Aerial -- History -- 20th century
- Germany -- Armed Forces | History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Germany -- Armed Forces | Organization
- Naval convoys -- Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century
- Amphibious warfare -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
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