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Detroit's Wartime Industry: Arsenal of Democracy Hardback - 2007

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Author: Davis, Michael W R
ISBN: 9781531632168

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Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry, during World War II it also came to stand for all American industry's conversion from civilian goods to war material. The label "Arsenal of Democracy" was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December 29, 1940, nearly a year before the United States formally entered the war. Here is the pictorial story of one Detroiter's unique leadership in the miraculous speed Detroit's mass-production capacity was shifted to output of tanks, trucks, guns, and airplanes to support America's victory and of the struggles of civilians on the home front.

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Title Detroit's Wartime Industry: Arsenal of Democracy
Author Michael W. Davis
Binding Hardback
Pages 130
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Publication date 2007-11-01
ISBN 9781531632168 / 1531632165
Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
Dimensions 9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 in (24.41 x 16.99 x 0.97 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Great Lakes
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Geographic Orientation: Michigan
- Locality: Detroit, Michigan
Category History - U.S.
Dewey Decimal Code 338.473

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