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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
featuresPerson Edsel Ford ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Henry Ford ⓘ
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 ⓘ
United States home front during World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
war production ⓘ
portrays Detroit as the arsenal of democracy ⓘ
publicationType monograph ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ⓘ
linked to: Houghton Mifflin
relatedConcept arsenal of democracy speech ⓘ
relatedTo Franklin D. Roosevelt's December 1940 fireside chat ⓘ
settingLocation Detroit ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
title The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War ⓘ

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A. J. Baime → notableWork → The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War ⓘ
Detroit Historical Museum → hasExhibit → Detroit: The Arsenal of Democracy ⓘ
linked to: The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War
The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War → title → The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War ⓘ