How The War Was Won: Air-sea Power And Allied V... -

: He posits that air and sea power destroyed over 50% of Axis military equipment during pre-production, production, and transit phases.

You can find further analysis of his arguments in discussions at the U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons or via expert lectures on YouTube . How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied V...

: He argues that land battles were relatively minor in terms of equipment losses and that the Red Army primarily engaged in a war of personnel, while the Anglo-Americans conducted the decisive high-tech material war. Phases of Attrition : He posits that air and sea power

O'Brien categorizes the destruction of Axis fighting power into three distinct phases: : Blocking or destroying raw materials. Production : Strategic bombing of manufacturing facilities. : He argues that land battles were relatively

: The book highlights that the vast majority of military production for all major belligerents—including Germany—was devoted to air and sea warfare rather than land forces. For instance, air and sea weapons accounted for at least two-thirds of German weapons production.

: Reviewers from The University of Chicago Press and Cambridge University Press describe the work as "compelling" and "cliché-busting" for its data-driven approach to economic and industrial warfare.

: Attacking equipment while it was in transit to the front lines. Reception and Perspectives