02964nam 2200529Ia 450 991078084750332120230725041610.01-282-47983-097866124798300-7618-4670-0(CKB)2520000000007181(EBL)480062(OCoLC)700680935(MiAaPQ)EBC480062(Au-PeEL)EBL480062(CaPaEBR)ebr10361518(CaONFJC)MIL247983(EXLCZ)99252000000000718120090722d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Becoming the arsenal[electronic resource] the American industrial mobilization for World War II, 1938-1942 /Michael G. CarewLanham University Press of Americac20101 online resource (341 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-4668-9 0-7618-4669-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Becoming the Arsenal; Contents; Tables; Preface; Part One: THE MARCH TO WAR, 1939-41; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Specter of World War I Industrial Mobilization; Chapter Three: The Reality of the Empty Arsenal; Chapter Four: Building an Economic-Military Consensus; Part Two: WORLD WAR I AND THE GROWTH OF A MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY; Chapter Five: American Economic Evolution, 1900-1950; Chapter Six: World War I and Military Mobilization; Chapter Seven: Military Tradition and Modern War; Chapter Eight: Planning Industrial Mobilization, 1920-1939Chapter Nine: The Economic and Industrial Platform, 1941-The General American EconomyChapter Ten: The Struggle to Define Preparedness and the Victory Plan; Chapter Eleven: The Economic Consequences of Pearl Harbor; Chapter Twelve: The Military-Civilian Contention; Chapter Thirteen: Becoming the Arsenal; Bibliography; IndexThis book discusses government and private sector roles in American economy. Focusing on the mobilization of American economy against the threat of Axis ascendancy in Word War II, Carew places the mobilization in its political - economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities.Industrial mobilizationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic conditions1918-1945United StatesPolitics and government1933-1945United StatesEconomic policy1933-1945Industrial mobilizationHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspects330.9Carew Michael G861572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780847503321Becoming the arsenal3868895UNINA