Larrie D Ferreiro

Churchill's American Arsenal

The Partnership Behind the Innovations That Won World War Two. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,7 cm / 15,9 cm / 4,1 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780197554012
35,50 €
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432 Seiten
Oktober 2022
Oxford University Press

Churchill's American Arsenal describes in depth how WWII became the "War of Factories," telling the heroic narratives of the Anglo-American inventions and their inventors who helped decide the outcome of the conflict.

Larrie D. Ferreiro is an engineer, historian and the author of several award-winning books in history, science and technology, and was the 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist in history for his book Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It. He teaches at George Mason University in Virginia and Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

- Chapter One: Defend our island
- Chapter Two: Fight with growing confidence
- Chapter Three: Fight in the air
- Chapter Four: Fight on the landing grounds
- Chapter Five: Fight on the seas and oceans
- Chapter Six: Fight on the beaches
- Chapter Seven: Fight in the fields and in the streets
- Chapter Eight: Fight in the hills
- Chapter Nine: The New World steps forth