Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II

by Arthur Herman

Overview

New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman pens this fascinating look at how two businessmen turned the U.S. into a military powerhouse during World War II. In 1940, FDR asked General Motors CEO William Knudsen to oversee the production of guns, tanks, and planes needed for the war. Meanwhile, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser
presided over the building of ¿Liberty ships¿¿vessels that came to symbolize America¿s great wartime output.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Pulitzer Prize finalist for Ghandi & Churchill, Herman here presents businessmen as the good guys, showing how two in particular—Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding magnate Henry Kaiser—pummeled businesses around the country to build what was needed for the war effort. The result? Service to democracy and the creation of the military-industrial complex. Not just for history fans.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170527304
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	09/07/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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