The ReckoningAn authoritative and compelling examination of the automobile industry, its crises, and its effect on America itself. The long-awaited third volume in the trilogy from Halberstam that began with the bestsellers The Best and the Brightest and The Powers That Be. |
Contents
Maxwells Warning | 13 |
Amaya Surveys the Oil Age | 27 |
Detroits Bleak Winter of 1982 | 41 |
Copyright | |
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