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Blurb: SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST
“A 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 history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”
-The New York Times Book Review
Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen-General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser-helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies 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 America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world.
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