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Arsenal of Democracy - The American Automobile Industry in World War II (Hardcover, New)
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Arsenal of Democracy - The American Automobile Industry in World War II (Hardcover, New)
Series: Great Lakes Books Series
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Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers
accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nation's total
war production, and this amazing output from ""the arsenal of
democracy"" directly contributed to the allied victory. In fact,
automobile makers achieved such production miracles that many of
their methods were adopted by other defence industries,
particularly the aircraft industry. In Arsenal of Democracy: The
American Automobile Industry in World War II, award-winning
historian Charles K. Hyde details the industry's transition to a
wartime production powerhouse and some of its notable achievements
along the way. Hyde examines several innovative cooperative
relationships that developed between the executive branch of the
federal government, U.S. military services, automobile industry
leaders, auto industry suppliers, and the United Automobile Workers
(UAW) union, which set up the industry to achieve production
miracles. He goes on to examine the struggles and achievements of
individual automakers during the war years in producing items like
aircraft engines, aircraft components, and complete aircraft; tanks
and other armoured vehicles; jeeps, trucks, and amphibians; guns,
shells, and bullets of all types; and a wide range of other weapons
and war goods ranging from search lights to submarine nets and
gyroscopes. Hyde also considers the important role played by
previously underused workers-namely African Americans and women-in
the war effort and their experiences on the line. Arsenal of
Democracy includes an analysis of wartime production nationally, on
the automotive industry level, by individual automakers, and at the
single plant level. For this thorough history, Hyde has consulted
previously overlooked records collected by the Automobile
Manufacturers Association that are now housed in the National
Automotive History Collection of the Detroit Public Library.
Automotive historians, World War II scholars, and American history
buffs will welcome the compelling look at wartime industry in
Arsenal of Democracy.
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