Throughout the book, Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War, by Paul Kennedy, he shows to the reader how the Second World War was won through many different perspectives. These perspectives include; different military strategies that show to the reader how the war was won and how. The main point that Kennedy tries to convey to the reader in my opinion is that World War II was not a general war but rather a saga of different parts coming together to shape into one massive conflict.
Kennedy started out in the introductory chapter by describing what the book is going to cover and how it affected the war. He starts out by saying that this is not a simple book but rather a complex book of interwoven …show more content…
Once Kennedy discusses the Casablanca Conference he delves into what he is going to discuss through the entire book. He tries to establish a chronological and significance-based sequence by showing first the war in the Atlantic (Chapter 1) must be won, followed by the battles in the air (Chapter
2), the ability to stop enemy military strategies (Chapter 3), adapting to amphibious warfare
(Chapter 4), and the battle in the Pacific (Chapter 5). Each chapter within this book illustrates to the reader how without a single piece of the puzzle the war’s outcome may not have been the same. Started in chapter one, with Kennedy’s discussions of how to get allied convoys across the Atlantic Ocean. Kennedy throughout this chapter focuses on the challenges that the Allied
Powers faced against German U-boats which at the time were far superior to allied ship technology and were leading in the war early on. To show this point he, compares the Allied strategy in the sea to the strategy of Germany’s, where the U-boats were used in order to gain control and were specifically used for submarine warfare, while the allies did not have a …show more content…
Entirely based on his thesis he makes sense of the topic by explaining many key concepts well enough that the reader can understand and cooperate with what Kennedy is saying.
Now is the book well written, the answer to that question is yes, the book goes into great detail of World War II and does stay on point with his thesis. Although my personal critiques of the book include; the first point shown above that the Axis powers were not given enough credit for their military strategies compared to the Allied Powers. I also believe that this book is not meant for the general audience as in the conventional reader who finds this on Amazon or in a book store will pick it up and read it immediately. I think that this book is meant for one specific audience and that is the combination of historians and ‘history buffs’. With how much complex and intricate detail that he puts in his book, also with the use of aids such as maps and battle plans the book still can be confusing to the average reader. My last critique of the book is based on something that was written by Kennedy in chapter one that discusses the German U-boats when they are in battle with Allied powers. The way that it is read is in the form of a grocery
Kennedy started out in the introductory chapter by describing what the book is going to cover and how it affected the war. He starts out by saying that this is not a simple book but rather a complex book of interwoven …show more content…
Once Kennedy discusses the Casablanca Conference he delves into what he is going to discuss through the entire book. He tries to establish a chronological and significance-based sequence by showing first the war in the Atlantic (Chapter 1) must be won, followed by the battles in the air (Chapter
2), the ability to stop enemy military strategies (Chapter 3), adapting to amphibious warfare
(Chapter 4), and the battle in the Pacific (Chapter 5). Each chapter within this book illustrates to the reader how without a single piece of the puzzle the war’s outcome may not have been the same. Started in chapter one, with Kennedy’s discussions of how to get allied convoys across the Atlantic Ocean. Kennedy throughout this chapter focuses on the challenges that the Allied
Powers faced against German U-boats which at the time were far superior to allied ship technology and were leading in the war early on. To show this point he, compares the Allied strategy in the sea to the strategy of Germany’s, where the U-boats were used in order to gain control and were specifically used for submarine warfare, while the allies did not have a …show more content…
Entirely based on his thesis he makes sense of the topic by explaining many key concepts well enough that the reader can understand and cooperate with what Kennedy is saying.
Now is the book well written, the answer to that question is yes, the book goes into great detail of World War II and does stay on point with his thesis. Although my personal critiques of the book include; the first point shown above that the Axis powers were not given enough credit for their military strategies compared to the Allied Powers. I also believe that this book is not meant for the general audience as in the conventional reader who finds this on Amazon or in a book store will pick it up and read it immediately. I think that this book is meant for one specific audience and that is the combination of historians and ‘history buffs’. With how much complex and intricate detail that he puts in his book, also with the use of aids such as maps and battle plans the book still can be confusing to the average reader. My last critique of the book is based on something that was written by Kennedy in chapter one that discusses the German U-boats when they are in battle with Allied powers. The way that it is read is in the form of a grocery