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How the War Was Won Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II (Cambridge Military Histories)

Phillips Payson O'Brien

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely different light. In this compelling new history of the Allied path to victory, he argues that in terms of production, t...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Klein praised the book for its unromantic view of World WarII, noting its focus on production, logistics and the claim that there were no decisive battles.

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I have recently re-read How the War Was Won by Phillips O'Brien, who's a military historian, and it's a book about World War II, but he's become a prolific commentator on the war in Ukraine, and it's...

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Klein praised the book for its unromantic view of World WarII, noting its focus on production, logistics and the claim that there were no decisive battles.

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I have recently re-read How the War Was Won by Phillips O'Brien, who's a military historian, and it's a book about World War II, but he's become a prolific commentator on the war in Ukraine, and it's mostly... It's this wonderfully unromantic anti-glory view of war. It's all about, look, it's really about modern wars, about production and logistics. The opening sentence is, I think, there were no decisive battles in World War II.

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