bA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIb pbWhen he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.--Ian W. Toll, iNew York Timesib pbThe book makes for enjoyable reading, owing to the author's easygoing style. . . . Kennedy is an academic who does not write like one he writes a story, not a treatise.--Robert D. Kaplan, iWashington Postib pbEngrossing.--Brendan Simms, iWall Street Journalib p In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall's beautiful full-color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the six major navies of the Second World War--the allied navies of Britain, France, and the United States and the Axis navies of Germany, Italy, and Japan--Kennedy tells a story of naval battles, maritime campaigns, convoys, amphibious landings, and strikes from the sea. From the e