The Arsenal of Democracy

A *New York Times* Bestseller, *The Arsenal of Democracy* delivers the dramatic, intimate story of how Ford Motor Company transformed from automotive giant to the "arsenal of democracy" during WWII. As Hitler's threat loomed, President Roosevelt tasked Detroit with building planes. Against Henry Ford's resistance, his son Edsel made an audacious promise: Ford would erect a plant, Willow Run, capable of producing "a bomber an hour." Applying assembly-line ingenuity to B-24 production, Ford brought in tens of thousands of workers, remaking Detroit and providing the weaponry crucial to Allied victory. Drawing on exhaustive archival research, A. J. Baime crafts an enthralling, character-driven narrative of American innovation during the war.

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