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The Reckoning

David Halberstam

Understand how oil shocks, labor battles, product decisions, and financial priorities helped unsettle Detroit’s dominance as Japanese carmakers rose.

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54 parts, about 54 minutes to read.

At a glance

Author
David Halberstam
Parts
54 parts
Reading time
about 54 minutes

Why read it

  • You will learn to recognize early warnings of a shift in your industry that leaders prefer to dismiss
  • You will see how listening to outside experts and adapting their ideas helped a rival catch up
  • You will notice how comfort and success can make a company stop caring about quality

Who it is for

  • A manager whose industry is changing faster than leaders admit
  • A car enthusiast curious about Detroit and Japan
  • A business student studying why strong firms fail

What the summary covers

  1. 1. Maxwell’s Warning1 min
  2. 2. Amaya Surveys the Oil Age1 min
  3. 3. Detroit’s Bleak Winter of 19821 min
  4. 4. The Founder1 min
  5. 5. The Destroyer1 min
  6. 6. The Victor1 min
  7. 7. The Banker1 min
  8. 8. The Turning Point1 min
  9. 9. The Crushing of Masuda1 min
  10. 10. Tough Little Rich Boy1 min
  11. 11. The Whiz Kids1 min
  12. 12. Ford Goes Public1 min
  13. 13. The Quiet Man1 min
  14. 14. The Gaijin Teachers1 min
  15. 15. The Engineer1 min
  16. 16. The First Victory1 min
  17. 17. Deming Finds an Audience1 min
  18. 18. Henry Kaiser Tries Detroit1 min
  19. 19. The Organizer1 min
  20. 20. The Mustang1 min
  21. 21. The Rivals1 min
  22. 22. The Statue1 min
  23. 23. The Boss1 min
  24. 24. The Pioneer1 min
  25. 25. The Liberation of Yutaka Katayama1 min
  26. 26. The Emperor Shioji1 min
  27. 27. War and Oil1 min
  28. 28. Henry Ford Besieged1 min
  29. 29. The Alienated1 min
  30. 30. Citizen Nader1 min
  31. 31. Datsun Saves1 min
  32. 32. The Struggle at the Top1 min
  33. 33. Big Cars Again1 min
  34. 34. A Vacancy at Chrysler1 min
  35. 35. The Arrivistes1 min
  36. 36. Greathouse in Tokyo1 min
  37. 37. A Man of the System1 min
  38. 38. Hard Times Come Home1 min
  39. 39. The Fall of a Free Trader1 min
  40. 40. Amaya Ends an Era1 min
  41. 41. The Defection of Marvin Runyon1 min
  42. 42. The Hammer and the Nail1 min
  43. 43. A Grateful Worker1 min
  44. 44. Bonus Time Again1 min
  45. 45. The Scion1 min
  46. 46. The New American Hero1 min
  47. 47. The Raiders1 min
  48. 48. OPEC Unravels1 min
  49. 49. The Upstarts1 min
  50. 50. The Jobs Depart1 min
  51. 51. Instant Replay: The Rise of Korea1 min
  52. 52. The Venerables1 min
  53. 53. The Reckoning1 min
  54. 54. The Past Becomes the Future1 min

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