The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War

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Binding: Paperback
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ISBN: 9780544483873
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Page Count: 364
Publication Date: 5/5/2015
Size: 7.95" l x 5.25" w x 1.13"
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As the United States entered World War II, the military was in desperate need of tanks, jeeps, and, most important, airplanes. Germany had been amassing weaponry and airplanes for five years—the United States for only months. So President Roosevelt turned to the American auto industry, specifically the Ford Motor Company, where Edsel Ford made the outrageous claim that he would construct the largest airplane factory in the world, a plant that could build a “bomber an hour.” And so began one of the most fascinating and overlooked chapters in American history.

Drawing on unique access to archival material and exhaustive research, A. J. Baime has crafted a riveting narrative that hopscotches from Detroit to Washington to Normandy, from the assembly lines to the frontlines, and from the depths of professional and personal failure to the heights that Ford Motor Company and the American military ultimately achieved in the sky.

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