The Litton adventure that was
Subtitle: a tribute to the founder Charles B. "Tex" Thornton
By: by Barney Oldfield
Publisher: Kinman-Oldfield Family Foundation
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9780615144825
Subjects: Conglomerate corporations; Defense industries; Litton Industries; Defense industry; History
Description: This business biography focuses on Charles B. ?Tex? Thornton, specifically his role in founding defense contractor, Litton Industries.
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Table of contents: title: Standoff on Park Avenue; title: "Tex" Thornton and how he grew; title: "Count off!"; title: The starting point and why; title: The search for backing; title: The cast of characters; title: Evolution by embrace; title: That great 1958; title: The drama of internal growth; title: The makings of a multi-national; title: Buried treasure-by God!; title: An anatomy of a merger; title: The mechanisms of business; title: THe knowledge industry; title: The long reach of a technology; title: Drachmae, escudos and so forth; title: Enter the villain, TPP!; title: Where the spectacular was commonplace; title: THe ides of January; title: As the sparks fly upward; title: hard facts and hard times; title: Changing the guard; title: The Jekyll-Hyde side of Washington, DC; title: King of the hill; title: The anchor man.