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9781557503299

Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded

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  • ISBN13:

    9781557503299

  • ISBN10:

    155750329X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-06-01
  • Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
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Summary

The rise and fall of Grumman Aerospace, one of America's largest military aircraft manufacturers, told through the eyes of the company's one-time president and chairman.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
1. Requiem for Plant Two
1(10)
2. Leadership from a Shy Engineer
11(16)
3. Adjusting to Peace
27(15)
4. Lew Evans Buys into the F-14
42(24)
5. The Lightweight Fighter Dilemma
66(14)
6. Landing on the Moon
80(15)
7. Fixing the F-14
95(19)
8. Iran: A Lifeline for the F-14
114(17)
9. Selling the Gulfstream
131(15)
10. Diversification Ends in Fiasco 146(19)
11. Coping with Congress and the Customer 165(16)
12. A Missed Opportunity? 181(18)
13. The M Word Again 199(22)
Index 221

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