Paul Ingrassia was een Amerikaanse journalist, onderscheiden met een Pulitzerprijs. Zijn carrière was diep geworteld in de journalistiek, waar hij zich concentreerde op gedetailleerde verslaggeving en een onderzoekende aanpak. Hij wijdde zich voornamelijk aan schrijven en redactioneel werk binnen de nieuwsindustrie. Zijn bijdragen liggen in de diepte en precisie van zijn reportages, die een aanzienlijke stempel hebben gedrukt op de nieuws-wereld.
The book offers a comprehensive exploration of the history of U.S. automaking, highlighting both its successes and challenges. Paul Ingrassia, with his expertise, provides insightful commentary and engaging anecdotes that illuminate the industry's evolution. Readers can expect a mix of humor, surprising facts, and enlightening stories that capture the essence of American automotive history.
In Comeback, Pulitzer Prize-winners Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White take us to the boardrooms, the executive offices, and the shop floors of the auto business to reconstruct, in riveting detail, how America's premier industry stumbled, fell, and picked itself up again. The story begins in 1982, when Honda started building cars in Marysville, Ohio, and the entire U.S. car industry seemed to be on the brink of extinction. It ends just over a decade later, with a remarkable turn of the tables, as Japan's car industry falters and America's Big Three emerge as formidable global competitors. Comeback is a story propelled by larger-than-life characters Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford II, Don Petersen, Roger Smith, among many others and their greed, pride, and sheer refusal to face facts. But it is also a story full of dedicated, unlikely heroes who struggled to make the Big Three change before it was too late.