Freedom's forge how American business built the arsenal of democracy that won World War II

Freedom's forge how American business built the arsenal of democracy that won World War II

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Arthur Herman
Arthur Herman
2012 • 433 pages

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The Pulitzer Prize-finalist author of Gandhi & Churchill assesses the pivotal role of American big business in building weapons and enabling industrial dominance for Allied forces in World War II, tracing the contributions of Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding industrialist Henry Kaiser.

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