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Presents a study of the crisis in the automobile industry, in a volume that focuses on the ford motor company. David halberstam 19342007 was a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and bestselling author. Detroit specifically ford didnt look very good when halberstam compared it to nissan. Read the reckoning by david halberstam available from rakuten kobo. David halberstam april 10, 1934 april 23, 2007 was an american journalist and historian, known for his work on the vietnam war, politics, history, the civil rights movement, business, media, american culture, and later, sports journalism.
Awardwinning author david halberstams the reckoning gives a riveting account of the most decisive economic confrontation of this centurybetween. Born in new york city, halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for the new york times, covering the vietnam war and the civil rights movement. David halberstam has 69 books on goodreads with 142195 ratings. David halberstam 19342007 was the author of twentytwo books, including fifteen bestsellers. David halberstams the reckoning is the third volume in his examination of postwar america. David halberstam was a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and the author of numerous books, including the best and the brightest, the powers that be, the reckoning, summer of 49, playing for keeps, and war in a time of peace.
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