halberstam quotes the president of american motors, who criticized the "shared monopoly" consisting of the big three detroit auto manufacturers in the uaw. "there is nothing more vulnerable than entrenched success," he warned. detroit ignored upstarts like nissan who in the 1960's began selling funny little cars to american consumers. we all know what happened to employment in the big three companies. even when detroit sought greener pastures in a right to work state, its partnership with united auto workers couldn't compete. in 1985, general motors located its $5 billion saturn plant in spring hill, tennessee; just 40 miles from nissan, hoping that side by side competition would help the americans beat the japanese. after 25 years, non-union nissan operated the most efficient auto plant in north america. the saturn-uaw partnership never made a profit. gm closed saturn last year. reasons success is one why volkswagen last week opened its north american manufacturing plant in chattanooga, and why honda, and toyota, bmw, kia, mercedes-benz, hyundai and thousands of suppliers have chosen

i have about six different copies of this one book by david halberstam. all of them say that their worst thoughts about what happened was actually proven by this book. as to why we got involved. did we know what we were doing? was it successful? so, i feel secure enough now at 80 years old to take a look at what happened

by david halberstam.all of them say that their worst thoughts about what happened was actually proven by this book, as to why we got involved, did we know what we were doing, was it successful. so, i feel secure now that i am 80 years old to take a look at what happened over 60 years old and see where this actually takes me. i know one thing, that in june of 1950, i was 20 years old. i was in the second infantry division and i was told that we're going to stop economy's invasion of south korea. i don't know whether i've said this publicly, but i had no clear where the hell korea was a what invasion they were talking about. and even when i came back home, one of the most tragic things was one, the number was missed here and number two, i probably couldn't explain where the hell i was. now i can see that out of the ashes of a broken down community that had been crushed to the ground, that out of all of this had come with the greatest democracies of economic powers of that region, and a longtime friend of th

i have about six different copies of this one book by david halberstam. some, but all of them say that their worst thoughts about what happened was actually proven by this book. as to why we got involved, did we know what we were doing, was it successful? so, i feel secure about, to take a look at what happened over 60 years old, and see where this actually takes me. i know one thing. that in june of 1950, i was 20 years old. i was in the second infantry division and i was told that we're going to stop the communist invasion of south korea. i don't know what i said this publicly, but i had no clear where the hell korea was are what the invasion they were talking about. and even when i came back home, where the most tragic things was -- [inaudible] and two, i couldn't explain where the hell i was. now, i can see that out of the ashes of the broken down community that had been crushed to the ground, that out of all of this, it was one of the greatest democracies and economic powers of that region. and a longtime friend of the united states. those are the go

i have six different copies of this one book by david halberstam. some in korea. some have their loved ones in korea but all of them say that their worst thoughts about what happened was actually proven by this book. why we got involved. did we know what we were doing? was it successful? so i feel secure enough at 80 years old to take a look into what happened over 60 years old and to see where this actually takes me. i know one thing, that in june of 1950, i was 20 years old, i was in the second infantry division and i was told that we were going to stop the communist invasion of south korea. i don't know whether i've said this publicly but i had no clue where the hell korea was or what the invasion they were talking about. and even when i came back home, one of the most tragic things was, one, i never was missed. and, two, i couldn't properly explain where i was. now i can see out of the ashes of a broken down community that had been crushed to the ground that out of all of this it's coming one of the greatest democracies and economic powers in that region and a