Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 鈥� April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the twentieth century. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. His intense commitment to systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put dealerships throughout most of North America and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation and arranged for his family to control the company permanently.
Ford was also widely known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I, and also for being the publisher of anti semitic texts such as the book The International Jew.
His father gave him a pocket watch in his early teens. At 15, Ford dismantled and reassembled the timepieces of friends and neighbors dozens of times, gaining the reputation of a watch repairman.
Ford was devastated when his mother died in 1876. His father expected him to eventually take over the family farm, but he despised farm work. He later wrote, "I never had any particular love for the farm鈥攊t was the mother on the farm I loved."
In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932), society is organized on "Fordist" lines, the years are dated A.F. or Anno Ford ("In the Year of our Ford"), and the expression "My Ford" is used instead of "My Lord".
Upton Sinclair created a fictional description of Ford in the 1937 novel The Flivver King.
Symphonic composer Ferde Grofe composed a tone poem in Henry Ford's honor (1938). Ford is treated as a character in several historical novels, notably E. L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975), and Richard Powers' novel Three Farmers on the Way to a Dance (1985).
Ford, his family, and his company were the subjects of a 1986 biography by Robert Lacey entitled Ford: The Men and the Machine. The book was adapted in 1987 into a film starring Cliff Robertson and Michael Ironside.
In the 2005 alternative history novel The Plot Against America, Philip Roth features Ford as Secretary of Interior in a fictional Charles Lindbergh presidential administration.
The British author Douglas Galbraith uses the event of the Ford Peace Ship as the center of his novel King Henry (2007).
Ford appears as a Great Builder in the 2008 strategy video game Civilization Revolution.
In December 1999, Ford was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people.
In 1928, Ford was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal.
In 1938, Ford was awarded Nazi Germany's Grand Cross of the German Eagle, a medal given to foreigners sympathetic to Nazism.
The United States Postal Service honored Ford with a Prominent Americans series (1965鈥�1978) 12垄 postage stamp.
For people who are saying, "The book does not provide enough references or explanations". You should know and understand that the original book is of 4 VOLUMES. How do you expect to get all the information of the original work in this summarized translated book? This book is a gift to us. Kudos to the translator for this brave step and kudos to the publisher too. This book is enough to light up our curiosity. And try to find and read the original book to get all the information.
At first glance it might look like that this book is irrationally condemning everything on the Jews (which is already mentioned by a lot of reviewers). But if you consider the stories it told (not all might be true), you can see 100 years later we're facing the same issues in our country (which should not be a coincidence). In that light the book seems recently written rather than 100 years before. Which put us in a condition where we can put 2 plus 2 togather.
If we search through the internet all the big companies, newspapers and banks are owned by the Jews. That is a fact and you can't deny that. How can such a small number of people put themselves in a position like that? Those who can see through their minds will understand what should be understood!
I found this book difficult to read. It took so long to get through that I forgot most of it. The writing is repetitive and unengaging, presenting the same information multiple times. Additionally, the book is over 100 years old and outdated. A better approach would have been to write a completely new book with updated history. Much has happened since its publication, such as the establishment of Israel.The Zionists no longer hide their intentions; they seem to believe they can get away with anything due to their influence over Western powers. The response to the Palestinian massacre since October 7 compared to the Russia-Ukraine war is a clear example of this.
P.S. Personal opinion and my first review. I need to get better at articulating my thoughts
Felt a little bit partial from the side of the author as there is a reluctancy to represent concrete evidences. But with the circumstances of the present world, the whole idea of this book can be marked as a mirror though not absolutely clear.