The Reckoning (A summary/ethical view)
The Reckoning
I read The Reckoning by award-winning author David Halberstam. David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 – April 23, 2007) was an American journalist and historian, known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism. The Reckoning is the third book to a trilogy that Halberstam began with The Best and the Brightest and The Powers That Be.
Powerfully developing his thesis that the complacency and shortsightedness of American workers and their bosses, especially the automakers of Detroit (Ford), have led to a decline of industrial know-how so critical that Asian carmakers, particularly the Japanese (Nissan), have virtually taken over the market. Halberstam a detailed story in The Reckoning that is alarming in its implications. Immediately after starting the book is a harsh, but very truthful scenario that will see America 's standards of living fall appreciably only sacrifices will restore our "greatness." His book also goes into a skilled, dramatic interweaving analysis of the inside struggles of the Ford organization in the 1970s and the growth of the Japanese automotive industry, notably Nissan, since the 1950s. American and Japanese industrialists compete blindly on the one hand and with brilliant cunning on the other. The book is among the most absorbing of recent years, every page contributing to the breathtaking picture of an America that is going to learn to retool or else.
The Reckoning focuses on a big part of history among two great industrial companies and their leaders: Ford in the United States and Nissan in Japan, throughout the 1970’s. A little history about the time before when the book was written, which leads into the book. Ford failed to heed Maxwell is no surprise to Halberstam, whose exhaustive research reveals an industrial giant held hostage to the raging
I read The Reckoning by award-winning author David Halberstam. David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 – April 23, 2007) was an American journalist and historian, known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism. The Reckoning is the third book to a trilogy that Halberstam began with The Best and the Brightest and The Powers That Be.
Powerfully developing his thesis that the complacency and shortsightedness of American workers and their bosses, especially the automakers of Detroit (Ford), have led to a decline of industrial know-how so critical that Asian carmakers, particularly the Japanese (Nissan), have virtually taken over the market. Halberstam a detailed story in The Reckoning that is alarming in its implications. Immediately after starting the book is a harsh, but very truthful scenario that will see America 's standards of living fall appreciably only sacrifices will restore our "greatness." His book also goes into a skilled, dramatic interweaving analysis of the inside struggles of the Ford organization in the 1970s and the growth of the Japanese automotive industry, notably Nissan, since the 1950s. American and Japanese industrialists compete blindly on the one hand and with brilliant cunning on the other. The book is among the most absorbing of recent years, every page contributing to the breathtaking picture of an America that is going to learn to retool or else.
The Reckoning focuses on a big part of history among two great industrial companies and their leaders: Ford in the United States and Nissan in Japan, throughout the 1970’s. A little history about the time before when the book was written, which leads into the book. Ford failed to heed Maxwell is no surprise to Halberstam, whose exhaustive research reveals an industrial giant held hostage to the raging
Cited: Halberstam, David. The Reckoning. New York: Morrow, 1986. Print.