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Interested readers may enjoy Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman, which chronicles, amongst other things, how Henry Kaiser led the rapid construction of the shipya

• squeedles 2y ago
  Recently read that on a recommendation from a friend. Great review of the sausage making necessary to get something as big and complex as the US moving in a different direction. Only quibble about the book is that the author seems to subscribe to a great man theory of manufacturing, where having a CEO say "we will do it" is all that is needed and the rest of the engineering is left as an exercise to the reader.
• throw0101c 2y ago
  > Interested readers may enjoy Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman Please note that, while a good read, the book was initially financed by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a group of large corporations who have a vested interest in making business look good. * https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/freedoms-forge/ https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/freedoms-forge/ I, too, have read this book and was struck by the tone the book took every time the topic of unions came up. You'd think that unions were Nazi sympathizers wanting to sabotage the war effort or something. So while it's worth a read, please be aware of the slant of the book. * https://www.aei.org/profile/arthur-herman/ https://www.aei.org/profile/arthur-herman/ * https://fedsoc.org/contributors/arthur-herman https://fedsoc.org/contributors/arthur-herman