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

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book nonfiction history book

"The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War" is a nonfiction history book by A. J. Baime that chronicles how Detroit’s auto industry transformed into a wartime production powerhouse during World War II under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s leadership.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
nonfiction history book ⓘ
author A. J. Baime NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme economic mobilization as key to Allied victory ⓘ
relationship between government and industry during war ⓘ
transformation of peacetime industry into wartime production ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts political leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt in wartime production ⓘ
technological and logistical challenges of mass-producing weapons ⓘ
tension between isolationism and interventionism in prewar America ⓘ
featuresOrganization Chrysler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Motors NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresPerson Edsel Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn conversion of automobile factories to wartime production ⓘ
industrial mobilization in the United States ⓘ
role of Detroit in Allied victory ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasPerspective United States-centric view of World War II production ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
nonfictionSubject Detroit auto industry ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States home front during World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
war production ⓘ
portrays Detroit as the arsenal of democracy ⓘ
publicationType monograph ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept arsenal of democracy speech ⓘ
relatedTo Franklin D. Roosevelt's December 1940 fireside chat NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
title The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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