Crash Course (Paperback)

Paperback. A definitive account . . . Its hard to imagine anyone better than Paul Ingrassia to ride shotgun on a journey through the sometimes triumphant, often turbulent, history of U.S. automaking. . . . [A] wealth of amusing, astonishing and enlightening nuggets.Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThis is the epic saga of the American automobile industrys 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 Detroits Big Three car companiesonce proud symbols of prosperitythrough bankruptcy. With unprecedented access, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Ingrassia takes us from factory floors to small-town dealerships to Detroits boardrooms to the White House. Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroits 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 industrythe travails of Toyota, the revolving-door management and IPO at General Motors, the unexpected progress at Chrysler, and the Obama administrations stake in Detroits recoveryCrash Course addresses a critical question: America bailed out GM, but who will bail out America? With an updated Afterword by the authorPraise for Crash CourseIn order to understand just how much of a mess it wasnot to mention how it got that way and how, if at all, it can be cleaned upyou really need to read Crash Course.The Washinton PostIngrassia tells Detroits story with economy, vigour and restrained fury.The Economist A 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.Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…