Freedom's Forge

基本信息

By (author) Arthur Herman

Format:Paperback / softback 432 pages

Publisher:Random House USA Inc

Imprint:Ballantine Books Inc.

ISBN:9780812982046

Published: 2 Jul 2013

Classifications:USA, Second World War, Economic history, Industry & industrial studies

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:316g

Dimensions:203 x 138 x 23 (mm)

Firm Sale:Yes

Pub. Country:United States

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

《拼實業》揭示了兩位傑出的美國商人——通用汽車汽車巨頭威廉·“大比爾”·克努森(William“Big Bill”Knudsen)和造船商亨利·J·凱澤(Henry J. kaiser)——如何幫助全國各地的商業領袖們動員起推動同盟國在二戰中取得勝利的“民主軍火庫”。來自克萊斯勒、共和鋼鐵、波音、洛克希德、通用電氣、弗裏吉代爾、克努森和凱澤等公司的人才把汽車工廠變成了飛機工廠，把民用裝配線變成了軍需品噴泉。在短短的四年時間裏，他們把美國軍隊從一個空殼變成了一支真正的全球力量，為美國作為一個經濟和軍事超級大國的崛起奠定了基礎。《拼實業》生動地重現了美國工業最輝煌的時刻，此時，美國的商業精英們放下對利潤的追求，着手拯救世界。

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.

作者簡介

美國企業研究所(American Enterprise Institute)訪問學者阿瑟?赫爾曼(Arthur Herman)是《蘇格蘭人如何發明了現代世界》(How the Scots Invented the Modern World)一書的作者，該書在全球銷量超過50萬冊。他的新作品《甘地與丘吉爾》(Gandhi & Churchill)在2009年入圍普利策獎一般非虛構類作品決賽。

Arthur Herman, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of How the Scots Invented the Modern World, which has sold more than half a million copies worldwide. His most recent work, Gandhi & Churchill, was the 2009 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.