Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road to

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Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road to Bankruptcy and Bailout-and Beyond

â€œA definitive account . . . Itâ€™s hard to imagine anyone better than Paul Ingrassia to â€˜ride shotgunâ€™ on a journey through the sometimes triumphant, often turbulent, history of U.S. automaking. . . . [A] wealth of amusing, astonishing and enlightening nuggets.â€â€”Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

This is the epic saga of the American automobile industryâ€™s rise and demise, a compelling story of hubris, missed opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds that culminates with the president of the United States ushering two of Detroitâ€™s Big Three car companiesâ€”once proud symbols of prosperityâ€”through bankruptcy. With unprecedented access, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Ingrassia takes us from factory floors to small-town dealerships to Detroitâ€™s boardrooms to the White House. Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroitâ€™s self-destruction inevitable? Why did Japanese automakers manage American workers better than the American companies themselves did? Complete with a new Afterword providing fresh insights into the continuing upheaval in the auto industryâ€”the travails of Toyota, the revolving-door management and IPO at General Motors, the unexpected progress at Chrysler, and the Obama administrationâ€™s stake in Detroitâ€™s recoveryâ€”Crash Course addresses a critical question: America bailed out GM, but who will bail out America?

With an updated Afterword by the author

Praise for Crash Course

â€œIn order to understand just how much of a mess it wasâ€”not to mention how it got that way and how, if at all, it can be cleaned upâ€”you really need to read Crash Course.â€â€”The Washinton Post

â€œIngrassia tells Detroitâ€™s story with economy, vigour and restrained fury.â€â€”The EconomistÂ

â€œA delightful mix of history and first-person reporting . . . Employing superb storytelling skills, Ingrassia explains in head-shaking detail the elements of a wholly avoidable collision.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2011-01-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812980752

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2011-01-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812980752

Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road to Bankruptcy and Bailout-and Beyond

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