The Reckoning
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688048382 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 752 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Award-winning author David Halberstam's The Reckoning gives a riveting account of the most decisive economic confrontation of this century--between Detroit's Ford Motor Company and Japan's Nissan. Here are young Ford, renegade Iacocca, visionary Katayama--everyone needed to reveal the crucial nuances behind two nations competing for commercial supremacy. HC: Morrow.
"Encyclopedic" according to Philip Ammerman. One of the most comprehensive reports of the post-War U.S.-Japanese automotive industries I have ever read. I was struck by how well David Halberstam writes in the English language. The book is immediately engaging and highly accessible. I was struck by the early descriptions of lean management. The fact that these were coming out of Toyota and not Nissan, which is the Japanese focus of the book, meant that they were reported as an e. Ian R said The rise and fall of Us versus the rise and rise of Asia. Classic David Halberstam! He has written a number of brilliant books about "The rise and fall of Us versus the rise and rise of Asia" according to Ian R. Classic David Halberstam! He has written a number of brilliant books about 20th century history eg "The Best and The Brightest".This book uses the automotive industry as a backdrop for the rise and fall of American Industry in three parts:Firstly the fortunes of the Ford Motor Company (as number two in the American motor industry) from its beginnings with Henry Ford through to the mid seventiesSecondly the rise of Nissan (as one time. 0th century history eg "The Best and The Brightest".This book uses the automotive industry as a backdrop for the rise and fall of American Industry in three parts:Firstly the fortunes of the Ford Motor Company (as number two in the American motor industry) from its beginnings with Henry Ford through to the mid seventiesSecondly the rise of Nissan (as one time. "A truly transformative book" according to Wayne B. Norris. This is a history of the automobile industry from about 1890 to 1998, as seen thru the eyes of Ford and Nissan. While missing some key elements, notoriously the young Henry Ford's winning of a much-watched match race and his classic invalidation of a stranglehold patent in federal court, the book is gripping.Until I read this book, I did not know that the US GDP during the 1950s consisted about 20% of motor vehicles, and that the fac
200,000 first printing. Immediately ahead lies a harsh scenario that will see America's standards of living fall appreciablyonly sacrifices will restore our "greatness." This lengthy book with its skilled, dramatic interweaving of two little-known storiesthe inside struggles of the Ford organization (including the firing of Lee Iacocca) in the 1970s and the growth of the Japanese automotive industry, notably Nissan, since the 1950scompletes the trilogy Halberstam began with The Best and the Brightest and The Powers That Be. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Here is fresh and crucially meaningful material researched with notable thoroughness, replete with graphic portraits of top American and Japanese industrialists competing blindly on the one hand and with