The Origin of Competitive Strength. Fifty Years of the Auto Industry in Japan and the U.S..
Akira Kawahara
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Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
When the war ended on August IS, 1945, I was a naval engineering cadet at the Kure Navy Yard near Hiroshima, Japan. A week later, I was demobi lized and returned to my home in Tokyo, fortunate not to find it ravaged by firebombing. At the beginning of September, a large contingent of the Ameri can occupation forces led by General Douglas MacArthur moved its base from Yokohama to Tokyo. Near my home I watched a procession of American mili tary motor vehicles snaking along Highway 1. This truly awe-inspiring cavalcade included jeeps, two-and-a-half-ton trucks, and enormous trailers mounted with ... Read more
When the war ended on August IS, 1945, I was a naval engineering cadet at the Kure Navy Yard near Hiroshima, Japan. A week later, I was demobi lized and returned to my home in Tokyo, fortunate not to find it ravaged by firebombing. At the beginning of September, a large contingent of the Ameri can occupation forces led by General Douglas MacArthur moved its base from Yokohama to Tokyo. Near my home I watched a procession of American mili tary motor vehicles snaking along Highway 1. This truly awe-inspiring cavalcade included jeeps, two-and-a-half-ton trucks, and enormous trailers mounted with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431684213
SKU
V9784431684213
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