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Article: BOOK: IACOCCA TRIED A COUP AT FORD MOTOR.(Business)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 2, 1990
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Byline: James Risen Los Angeles Times
Lee Iacocca tried to mount a coup to oust Henry Ford II from the Ford Motor Co., a daring move that forced Henry Ford to fire Iacocca in 1978, according to a controversial new book by a former company executive.
The book directly contradicts Iacocca's own, highly publicized version of the events leading up to his celebrated firing from Ford. Iacocca's dramatic ouster from family-controlled Ford Motor played a prominent role in his 1984 autobiography, one of the best-selling books of the 1980s.
In his book, Iacocca, who took over Chrysler after his firing at Ford, bitterly described himself as the victim of ...