Devil Boats: The PT War Against Japan

by William Breuer

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Mark Rupert traces the relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production. The United States was propelled to the apex of the global division of labor, ensuring victory in World War II and enabling postwar reconstruction under American leadership. Through a study of Ford Motor Company between 1914 and 1952, he examines the political and ideological struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.… (more)

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A wonderful account of PT boats and their role in the war against Japan. From early operations at Pearl Harbor and the Philipines to the Solomon Islands campaign to the battle against the barges that supplied New Guinea to the return to the Philipines. A very authoritative story of the contribution of small, dedicated crews operating glorified plywood speedboats. As a class the PT boats did not survive the war...the weather-beaten wooden craft were burned on a Philipine beach at war's end, although the concept has been revived several times since, including the PBR in the Mekong. A stirring tale. (

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Mark Rupert traces the relationship between American global power and the rise of mass production. The United States was propelled to the apex of the global division of labor, ensuring victory in World War II and enabling postwar reconstruction under American leadership. Through a study of Ford Motor Company between 1914 and 1952, he examines the political and ideological struggles through which industrial labor was incorporated into the coalition of statesmen and capitalists that constructed the postwar world order.

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