FREEDOM’S FORGE: HOW AMERICAN BUSINESS PRODUCED VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II
Book ID/图书代码： 14650012B55553
English Summary/英文概要： For admirers of books by Erik Larson and Stephen Ambrose, heres a great, meaty, and untold story of World War IIhow American big business set out to build the weapons and create the industrial muscle to arm the Allies and defeat the Axis, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Ghandi & Churchill. Bestselling author Arthur Herman reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen - the Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding industrialist Henry Kaiser - helped corral, cajole, manipulate, and inspire big business around the country to help mobilize the war effort and what later critics would call the American military-industrial complex, without which the history of America, as well as of the Second World War, would be very different. Together these men changed the face not only of American business and industry but of American society. At the same time their efforts transformed the culture of Americas armed services, giving the army, navy, and air force both the tools and the new strategies for securing a postwar global order.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于作者Erik Larson和Stephen Ambrose的粉丝来说，这本小说中有一个不为人所知的故事。二战后，美国大企业是如何铸造武器，强化工业，来武装盟国，打败敌国的。此书作者Arthur Herman凭借《甘地和丘吉尔》荣获过普利策奖，他在书中讲述了两位杰出的美国商人是如何在二战后恢复美国经济的。这两位商人分别是丹麦的移民者William Knudsen和造船业企业家Henry Kaiser，他们运用限制，引导，操纵和鼓励等手段调动全国的大企业，这之后被评论家称为美国军事工业复合体。这些人改变的不只是美工商业和工业的发展，甚至改变了美国社会和文化和军事，运用新的政策强化陆军，海军，空军来维护战后的全球秩序。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：对《熔炉》的褒奖：
“如果不是美国的支持和创新，是不可能在二战中取得胜利的。 Arthur Herman的语言引人入胜，调查资料可靠，主要由两位企业家调动起来的美国经济可能是二战中最后一个伟大却不为人知的故事。”——Carlo D’Este，《战争天才》的作者
“如果单写工业生产的复兴会很简单，也是Arthor擅长的，但他却很细致地描写了美国企业对对抗法西斯做出的贡献。美国为盟国生产了将近三分之二的武器，对于赢得胜利起到了至关重要的作用，但这份功劳却一直被忽略。所以这本书中又让我们认识了其他应该被称为英雄的人，例如William Knudsen和Henry Kaiser，他们帮助美国重新复苏，走过艰难的时光。”——Andrew Roberts，《战争风暴》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍： Arthur Herman, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of "How the Scots Invented the Modern World, " which has sold more than half a million copies worldwide. His most recent work, "Gandhi & Churchill, "was the 2009 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
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