03931oam 2200781 450 991046132980332120210817014730.09780199791071electronic book1-283-14790-497866131479050-19-979107-4(CKB)2670000000095491(EBL)728740(OCoLC)733339065(SSID)ssj0000526482(PQKBManifestationID)12231452(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526482(PQKBWorkID)10519795(PQKB)10770234(MiAaPQ)EBC728740(Au-PeEL)EBL728740(CaPaEBR)ebr10479243(CaONFJC)MIL314790(EXLCZ)99267000000009549120100922d2011 uy 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWarfare state World War II Americans and the age of big government /James T. SparrowOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,2011.1 online resource (345 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.Print version: 9780199791019 0-19-993035-X 0-19-979101-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction: War and the Mass Foundations of the Modern State; PART ONE: IDEOLOGY, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND STATE FORMATION; 1 War Displaces Its Analog; 2 Morale and the National Moment; 3 Scapegoating the State; PART TWO: ENCOUNTERING THE STATE IN EVERYDAY LIFE; 4 Buying Our Boys Back; 5 Work or Fight; 6 Citizen-Soldiers; Conclusion: Legacies of the Warfare State; Appendix; Abbreviations for Sources Consulted; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZAlthough common wisdom and much scholarship assume that ""big government"" gained its foothold in the United States under the auspices of the New Deal during the Great Depression, in fact it was the Second World War that accomplished this feat. Indeed, as the federal government mobilized for war it grew tenfold, quickly dwarfing the New Deal's welfare programs. Warfare State shows how the federal government vastly expanded its influence over American society during World War II. Equally important, it looks at how and why Americans adapted to this expansion of authority. Through mass participatWorld War, 1939-1945Political aspectsUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and warUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial changeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCitizenshipUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFederal governmentUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLegitimacy of governmentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMilitary-industrial complexUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945Political aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsPolitics and warHistoryPolitical cultureHistorySocial changeHistoryCitizenshipHistoryFederal governmentHistoryLegitimacy of governmentsHistoryMilitary-industrial complexHistory940.53/73Sparrow James T.94101MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461329803321Warfare state255242UNINA