Wings of Power: Boeing and the Politics of Growth in the Northwest
Author: T. M. Sell
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ISBN: 0295980494
Publisher: University of Washington Press (March, 2001)
Sales Rank: 529,051
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Fascinating Read
Sell is admittedly an outsider, always studying Boeing from the periphery of a neutral journalist, or family member of one employed there, yet he manages to deftly describe the essence and culture of Boeing as a longtime employee would. He understands and conveys the conservative approach Boeing has always taken toward state governmental affairs, and presents Boeing as above reproach in these matters, a reputation Boeing has gone to great lengths to ensure. I appreciated the detail to which Sell went to explain the legislative aspects of growth in Washington state and Boeing's occasional collisions with it - a good read whether one is interested in the evolution of Boeing from Bill Boeing's hobby shop to the economic powerhouse it is today, or if one is interested in the impact of growth. Sell also slips in delightful, but subtle witticisms.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Facts without Fiction
Sell's book cuts through the fog of loyalty to green or greed parties and explains the paradox of growth with facts not fictions. Everyone has something to learn from this book. Sell makes both sides of the growth issue stand naked before the mirror and it isn't always pretty. "Wings of Power" is a well written and thoroughly researched book that, unlike most of this genre, is not devoid of humor.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Insightful
A great read, especially considering recent events (Boeing leaving Seattle.)
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