Launching liberty the epic race to build the ships that took America to war
Out of nothing but the government's behest, a few bold men conjured a giant ship-building industry in 1940 and launched the ships that took America to war and to victory. In 1940, the shadow of war loomed large over American life. President Roosevelt understood that it wasn't a matter of if the Unit...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The plan (Fall 1940)
- Partners
- Designs and decisions
- Ships and shipyards
- Building a workforce
- Fast, faster, fastest
- "Nuts to seven days."
