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Images from the Arsenal of Democracy (Hardcover)
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Images from the Arsenal of Democracy (Hardcover)
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While researching his previous study, Arsenal of Democracy: The
American Automobile Industry in World War II (Wayne State
University Press, 2013), award-winning automotive historian Charles
K. Hyde discovered the many remarkable photos that were part of the
era's historical documentation. In Images from the Arsenal of
Democracy, Hyde presents a selection of nearly three hundred of
these documentary photos in striking black and white, with brief
captions. Taken together, the images create a captivating portrait
of this crucial moment in American business, military and cultural
history. Images from the Arsenal of Democracy spans from 1940 until
the end of the war, presenting up-close, rarely seen views of newly
built plants and repurposed production lines, a staggering variety
of war products and components and the many workers behind
Detroit's wartime production miracles. The human faces that Hyde
presents are especially compelling, as photos show the critical
role played by previously underused workers - namely women and
African Americans. Images from the Arsenal is divided into chapters
by theme, including "Preparing for War before Pearl Harbor";
"Planning Defense Production after Pearl Harbor"; "Aircraft Engines
and Propellers"; "Aircraft Components and Complete Aircraft";
"Tanks and Other Armored Vehicles"; "Jeeps, Trucks, and Amphibious
Vehicles"; "Guns, Shells, Bullets, and Other War Goods"; "The New
Workers"; and "Celebrating the Production Achievements". The first
comprehensive and detailed history drawn solely from the surviving
photographic record of wartime Detroit, Images from the Arsenal
will be appreciated by automotive historians, World War II scholars
and American history buffs.
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