About This Book
The author records a travel account of an American industrial commission touring France during war, moving from ports and Paris through southern towns, munitions factories and front-line districts. He documents industrial production—steel works, gun manufactories, and automobile plants repurposed for military use—alongside visits to hospitals and rehabilitation centers for the blinded, meetings with military and civic leaders, and observations of battlefield damage and rebuilding. The narrative intersperses descriptions of regional art and architecture, profiles of notable figures encountered, examinations of business organization and medical methods, and reflective impressions of French society under wartime strain.
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