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War and Power

War and Power

Who Wins Wars - and Why

by Phillips Payson O'Brien
Paperback
Publication Date: 23/07/2026
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ISBN:
9781405975612
9781405975612
Category:
Military history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
23-07-2026
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x35mm
Weight:
0.5kg
Phillips Payson O'Brien

Phillips Payson O'Brien is Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews. He is the author of How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II and The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff.

He has written for The Atlantic, The Spectator and Foreign Affairs, and has a combined following of over 200k on Twitter and Substack. This is his first trade book.

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