I'm conflicted by this book. One one hand, it's a great examination of the American business machine in WWII - little acknowledged yet obviously a vital component to our success in the war, not to mention the postwar boom. On the other hand, it's quite slanted and partisan. The mustache-twirli...
This book covers about 5 centuries of Scottish history. I was most interested in the description of education in Scotland. I was unaware that Scotland provided universal education for children long before Britain did. I would argue that this is what led to the flourishing of creativity and inven...
© Bettmann/CORBIS We can do anything if we do it together. —William S. Knudsen, 1938 ON APRIL 30, 1939, the World’s Fair opened in New York. The General Motors pavilion would be its centerpiece and house its most talked-about exhibit. The New York World’s Fair would be the biggest fair of all tim...
WINSTON CHURCHILL, 1942 SOME STILL DOUBTED THAT THE JAPANESE could pull it off. Nirad Chaudhuri, for example, was now working for All-India Radio in Delhi, as part of the Allied propaganda effort. “Before I left Calcutta I felt sure that the Japanese would not attempt an invasion of eastern Indi...