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Overview"Published in 1964, ""My Years with General Motors"" is the ghostwritten memoir of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966), whose business and management strategies enabled General Motors to overtake Ford as the dominant American automobile manufacturer in the 1920s and 1930s. What has been largely unknown until is that ""My Years with General Motors"" was almost not published. Although it was written with the permission of General Motors - and slated for publication in October 1959 - at the last minute General Motors tried to suppress the book out of fears that some of the material in it could become evidence in an antitrust action against the company. This book, by John McDonald, Sloan's ghostwriter, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the book's writing, its attempted suppression, and the lawsuit that eventually led to its publication. McDonald's narrative is partly the David-and-Goliath story of a lone journalist taking on the world's then-largest corporation and partly a study of strategy in its own right. McDonald's struggle to publish the book led him to navigate a complicated course among the competing interests of General Motors, Fortune magazine (his employer), and Time, Inc. (Fortune's owner)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John McDonald , Dan SeligmanPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9780262632850ISBN 10: 0262632853 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 29 August 2003 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMore than a book about a book, it describes how a gutsy gadfly thwarted a giant corporation... -- Rich Barlow, Boston Globe McDonald has given us what may be the best book about business, and about book publishing, to appear this year. -- John Maxwell Hamilton, Marketplace (American Public Radio) McDonald has given us what may be the best book about business, and about book publishing, to appear this year. -- John Maxwell Hamilton Marketplace (American Public Radio) More than a book about a book, it describes how a gutsy gadfly thwarted a giant corporation... -- Rich Barlow Boston Globe More than a book about a book, it describes how a gutsy gadfly thwarted a giant corporation... * <i>Boston Globe</i> * McDonald has given us what may be the best book about business, and about book publishing, to appear this year. * Marketplace (American Public Radio) * Author InformationJohn McDonald (1906-1998) was an editor and writer for Fortune magazine for three decades and the ghostwriter for Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors. He was also the author of books on business, game theory, and fly fishing. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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