Böcker av Gerald M. Carbone

Upon taking command of America's Southern Army in 1780, Nathanael Greene took on an army that consisted of 1,500 starving, nearly naked troops. Within a year, the small worn-out army was transformed into an elite fighting force. In a new approach, Carbone chronicles Greene's unlikely rise to success and his fall into debt and anonymity.

The history of Brown & Sharpe turns out to be not only an important technological and economic story, but also a fascinating human story. Gerald Carbone's history of Brown & Sharpe tells the story of the company, bringing people to life, putting them into the context of Rhode Island's and the nation's history, and the history of technology and the political economy of the United States.