{"product_id":"crash-course-the-american-automobile-industrys-road-to-bankruptcy-and-bailout-and-beyond-9780812980752","title":"Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road to Bankruptcy and Bailout-And Beyond","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A definitive account . . . It's 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.\"--\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Tribune-Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the epic saga of the American automobile industry's 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 Detroit's Big Three car companies--once proud symbols of prosperity--through bankruptcy. With unprecedented access, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Ingrassia takes us from factory floors to small-town dealerships to Detroit's boardrooms to the White House. Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroit's 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 industry--the travails of Toyota, the revolving-door management and IPO at General Motors, the unexpected progress at Chrysler, and the Obama administration's stake in Detroit's recovery--\u003ci\u003eCrash Course\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a critical question: America bailed out GM, but who will bail out America? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an updated Afterword by the author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCrash Course\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In order to understand just how much of a mess it was--not to mention how it got that way and how, if at all, it can be cleaned up--you really need to read \u003ci\u003eCrash Course\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washinton Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ingrassia tells Detroit's story with economy, vigour and restrained fury.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Ingrassia is the former Detroit bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 (with Joseph B. White) for reporting on management crises at General Motors, Ingrassia has chronicled the auto industry for more than twenty-five years. He is co-author, with White, of \u003ci\u003eComeback: The Fall and Rise of the American Automobile Industry\u003c\/i\u003e, and has made numerous media appearances on ABC TV's \u003ci\u003eWorld News Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and other programs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413247725842,"sku":"9780812980752","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45b6eb60-959b-4054-b74e-7497477931bb.jpg?v=1729350947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crash-course-the-american-automobile-industrys-road-to-bankruptcy-and-bailout-and-beyond-9780812980752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}