<p>Internationally recognized for his riveting accounts of critical points in 20th and 21st-century history, renowned British historian Dr. Paul Kennedy is the author of numerous best-selling works of history including the <i>New York Times</i> best sellers <i>Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War </i>and <i>The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers,</i> which has been translated into 23 languages worldwide.</p><br><p>A professor of history at Yale University, Dr. Kennedy writes regularly for <i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The New York Times</i> and <i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Atlantic</i>. He writes a monthly column dealing with global issues in contemporary society, distributed to an international audience through the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He was chosen as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 and nominated as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003. In 2005, he earned the Caird Medal from the National Maritime Museum for his work in naval history.</p>
