Book · 2012 · History
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
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- Ben Horowitz Discussed
- Brian Schimpf Discussed
Ben Horowitz — 1 mention
Discussed
“So a question, you guys alluded to this, but you know, there's this famous book Freedoms Forge, you know, talking about the ramp up of US industrial production during World War II”
Brian Schimpf — 1 mention
Discussed
“And the freedoms forge thing is quite interesting to me where we had about 2 years of lend lease to retool American industry right like we weren't in the war but we had about two years to retool industry and that that seemed to be about how long it took.”