TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herman,Arthur
TI  - Freedom's forge: how American business produced victory in World War II 
SN  - 9781400069644
AV  - HC106.4 .H467 2012
U1  - 940.53/1 23
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Knudsen, William S.,
KW  - Kaiser, Henry J.,
KW  - Bitterfeld
KW  - gnd
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Industrial mobilization
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Manufacturing industries
KW  - Military aspects
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - fast
KW  - Economics
KW  - Kriegswirtschaft
KW  - nli
KW  - 1933-1945
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399) and index; The gentle giant -- The master builder -- The world of tomorrow -- Getting started -- Call to arms -- Arsenal of democracy -- Ships, strikes, and the Big Book -- Countdown -- Going all out -- Ships for liberty -- The production express -- Steel men and Cast-iron Charlie -- Agony at Willow Run -- Victory is our business -- The man from Frisco -- Superbomber -- The Battle of Kansas -- Fire this time -- Reckoning -- Appendix A. Growing the arsenal of democracy, 1940-1945 -- Appendix B. Joining the arsenal of democracy
N2  - 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
ER  -