Car Wars: Automobile Manufacturers and the Quest for Freedom and Power
Jonathan Mantle
Meticulously researched, packed with tales of greed and treachery, of boardroom battles, industrial espionage and organized theft, Car Wars tells the history of the world in the second half of the twentieth century as seen through the development of the car industry. It takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride from the ruins of Berlin and Tokyo in 1945, through Detroit, Moscow and Calcutta, to Korea, Hong Kong and Shanghai in the 1990s, as it identifies the winners and the losers in the drive towards the 21st century.
Book Details:
- Author: Jonathan Mantle
- Published Year: 1995
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Rights Sold
- US: Arcade
- UK: Macmillan
- Japan: Mita Press
- Holland: Van Buuren
- China: Xinhua
- Taiwan: China Times
- Mexico: Editorial Diana
- Korea: Dong Woo Men Tech Co
- Czech Republic: Nava
Jonathan Mantle
Jonathan Mantle’s non-fiction books have been published in 30 countries and 16 languages. They include three Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers and a US Book of the Month Club choice.
Jonathan is of Anglo-Scottish descent and was educated at various schools and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A (Hons.) in English Literature. His professional writing career began with a published novel and includes journalism for Listener, Spectator, Radio Times, Sunday Times Magazine, Evening Standard, Vogue, Harpers and Queen, Observer and South China Morn...
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Book Reviews
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"Astonishing…Mantle spins tales that revise modern history."
USA Publishers Weekly -
"The one car book you could read on the beach."
James May, Top Gear -
"A great tale…an absorbing read…fascinating."
Business World, Delhi -
"A book I couldn’t put down."
Autovisie, Netherlands