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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788095403321

Autore

Patterson Robert Porter <1891-1952, >

Titolo

Arming the nation for war : mobilization, supply, and the American war effort in World War II / / Robert P. Patterson ; edited by Brian Waddell ; with a foreword by Robert M. Morgenthau ; G. Kurt Piehler, series editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62190-082-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Legacies of War

Disciplina

940.54/1273

Soggetti

Industrial mobilization - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Logistics - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Economic aspects - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Industrial mobilization - United States

World War, 1939-1945

United States Armed Forces Supplies and stores Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Robert Porter Patterson and World War II -- A nation without arms -- The slow beginning -- Airplanes take five years -- A changing nation -- Altitudinal goals -- An offensive begins -- Alaska, Australia, the Persian Gulf -- Assault in force -- The end in Europe -- Concentration east -- Epilogue: industry, science, war, and the future.