Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation by Paul Kennedy Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II 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.