| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The Motor City. Henry ; The machine is the new messiah ; Edsel ; Learning to fly ; Father vs. son ; The Ford terror ; Danger in Nazi Germany -- The Liberator. Fifty thousand airplanes ; "Gentlemen, we must outbuild Hitler" ; The liberator ; Willow Run ; Awakening ; Strike! ; Air raid! -- The big one. The grim race ; "Detroit's worries are right now" ; Will it run? ; Bomber ship 01 ; Roosevelt visits Willow Run ; A dying man -- The rise of American airpower. Unconditional surrender ; Taking flight ; "The Arsenal of Democracy is making good" ; Death in Dearborn -- D-Day and the battle of Dearborn. Operation Tidal Wave ; The Detroit race riot of 1943 ; "The United States is the country of machines" ; Ford war production exceeds dreams ; D-Day ; The final battle. |
| Summary |
Tells the incredible story of how Detroit answered the call to arms during WWII, centering on Henry Ford and his tortured son Edsel, who, when asked if they could deliver 50,000 airplanes, made an outrageous claim: Ford Motor Company would erect a plant that could yield a "bomber an hour." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
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Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987.
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Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. |
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. |
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Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987. |
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Ford Motor Company -- History -- 20th century.
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Willow Run (Manufacturing plant) -- History -- 20th century.
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Ford Motor Company. |
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Willow Run (Manufacturing plant) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Automobile industry and trade -- Military aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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B-24 (Bomber) -- Design and construction -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Michigan.
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Industrial mobilization. |
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Economics. |
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Automobile industry and trade -- Military aspects. |
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United States. |
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Michigan. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Added Title |
FDR, Ford Motor Company, and their epic quest to arm an America at war |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Baime, A. J. (Albert J.) Arsenal of democracy Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 9780547719283 (DLC) 2013045019 (OCoLC)859298844 |
| ISBN |
9780547834443 : $14.95 |
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0547834446 : $14.95 |
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