Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in

Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

â€œA rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal

Freedomâ€™s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmenâ€”General Motors automobile magnateÂ WilliamÂ â€œBig Billâ€ Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiserâ€”helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize theÂ â€œarsenal of democracyâ€ that propelled the AlliesÂ to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed Americaâ€™s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the countryâ€™s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedomâ€™s Forge vividly re-creates American industryâ€™s finest hour, when the nationâ€™s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world.

Praise for Freedomâ€™s Forge

â€œA rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down historyâ€™s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œMagnificent . . . Itâ€™s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

â€œA compulsively readable tribute to â€˜the miracle of mass production.â€™ â€â€”Publishers Weekly

â€œThe production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.â€â€”The Economist

â€œ[A] fantastic book.â€â€”Forbes

â€œFreedomâ€™s ForgeÂ is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.â€â€”Donald Rumsfeld
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
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ReleaseDate 2013-07-02
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EANs 9780812982046

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2013-07-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812982046

Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II