Car Safety Wars One Hundred Years of Technology, Politics, and Death [Hardcover]

We are quick to recognize and commemorate wars that took enormous amounts of human lives through acts of intentional violence from opposing sides. It is unfortunately quite rare to see the same public attention dedicated to campaigns where preserving human life was the only true objective. . . .Car Safety Wars is a comprehensive history of the movement for safer cars over the course of a century. Lemov knows his stuff. . . .Car Safety Wars is prime reading for anyone interested in automobiles and their development, the consumer safety movement, or the mechanisms of democratic government, or for those who are simply curious about the origins of the many auto safety features like seatbelts and airbags that now protect countless lives. . . .The 'car safety war' is certainly a war worth studying, reflecting on, and celebrating.[This book] educates and entertains with stories of pitched legislative and regulatory battles between corporate giants and public interest advocates. . . .Lemov is a dogged gumshoe in investigating and interviewing key players in some of the most significant auto safety battles in Congress and the executive branch. . . .His book preserves the chronicle of controversial and lifesaving auto safety battles and those who played a role, both large and small.Michael Lemov has written a remarkable new history of the auto safety wars.Car Safety Wars is an up to date book that discusses the recent GM ignition switch debacle. . . .Car Safety Wars is highly recommended for [those] . . . with an interest in car safety . . . Lemovs book is an effective update of Ralph Naders Unsafe at Any Speed.This meticulously researched book offers a . . . nuanced and thoughtful historical perspective. . . .What makes Car Safety Wars such a delightful read is Mikes [Lemov] compelling story-telling. Rather than simply marching through a dry litany of statistics, he captures decade-by-decade the auto safety zeitgeist through a gripping narrative. . . .Lemov makes a compelã