The subtitle of Giles Slade's Made to Break suggests that the book is an update of Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders (Longmans, 1957), which I remember reading as a student in the 1960s. At the time I was surprised and shocked to discover that US industry was deliberately producing products with a short lifespan. Planned obsolescence it was called, but little did I realize that this was to be the secret weapon that won the Cold War for the United States. That little-known story is one of the intriguing Made to Break's hidden gems.
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机译：吉尔斯·斯莱德（Giles Slade）的《 Made to Break》的副标题表明，该书是对万斯·帕卡德（Vance Packard）的《隐藏的说服者》（Longmans，1957）的更新，我记得他在1960年代作为一名学生读的。当时，我惊讶地发现美国工业刻意生产使用寿命短的产品。计划过时了，但我几乎没有意识到这是赢得美国冷战的秘密武器。这个鲜为人知的故事是《 Made to Break》中隐藏着的迷人宝石之一。
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