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Alright, this is gonna be a Great Man story. 2 in fact: William Knudsen who left presidency of GM to head up office of production management, OPM under Roosevelt (funny how the OPM hacked by Chinese was “Personnel”), and Henry Kaiser, construction cartel boss turned shipbuilder
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“Their foes weren’t German or Japanese soldiers but Washington politicians and bureaucrats, shrill journalists, military martinets, the denizens of Big Labor as well as Big Government — and sometimes the forces of blind date.” Ok, it’s clear what sort of book this will be 😀
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sure but "killed or injured" is a bit of a fake category- if the number is true as stated then the difference is entirely injury, so adding "killed" is misleading
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Perhaps. I find it useful calibration of effort and risk on both sides, kinda like tooth-to-tail ratio used within military. But haven’t cross checked if it’s a true claim.