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For some of the details on how production was organized and ramped up, see Freedom's forge: how American business produced victory in World War II by Arthur Her
by throw0101c 4y ago
For some of the details on how production was organized and ramped up, see Freedom's forge: how American business produced victory in World War II by Arthur Herman:
* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13152691-freedom-s-forge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13152691-freedom-s-forge
It focuses on the efforts of two individuals:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Knudsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Knudsen
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Kaiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Kaiser
Note that the books publication was sponsored/supported by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a very right-leaning, pro-business think tank: anytime the word 'union' comes up you can sense the author doing a *hock* *spit*.
- dragon-hn 4y agoI enjoyed this book, but the slant against unions was pretty off putting. I had no idea it was from AEI!
- throw0101c 4y ago> I had no idea it was from AEI! "From" may be a bit strong: in the acknowledgements the authors mentions that the AEI gave him a grant so that he could afford to spend the time doing research. The author is/was also a fellow at: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Institute This doesn't invalidate the outline of events that the book goes over, it just means that anything shown in a positive light may have been "too/more positive" and anything shown in a negative light could have been "too/more negative". Everyone has their biases.
- neural_thing 4y agoThat book tells some good stories and raises industrialist animal spirits, but IDK if it's the most objective book out there. Wrote a review of it here https://sergey.substack.com/p/forging-a-narrative https://sergey.substack.com/p/forging-a-narrative