A Call to Arms
Mobilizing America for World War II
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xiii, 897 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
A fast-paced history of the organization of American institutional, economic, military, and governmental might for WWII and how this titanic effort determined the outcome of the war and transformed the American economy and society.
Contents:
The unluckiest generation -- The world unraveling-- again -- 1940 : the year of denial. The man and the hour ; The wherewithal of war ; The possibilities of production ; The onus of organization ; Making haste slowly -- 1941 : the year of turmoil. A house divided ; To have and have not ; Getting shipshape ; The season of discontent ; Material gains and losses ; The business of war ; The rush of events -- 1942: the year of despair. First reactions ; A sea of troubles ; The manpower muddle ; Intramural wars ; The feasibility follies ; Old Frank comes to call ; General Max takes command ; Mixed signals -- 1943 : the year of production. City of paper ; The stuff of victory ; Weapons of mass production ; The new West ; Ironing out the wrinkles ; Feeding frenzies ; The sliding scale of sacrifice -- 1944 : the year of hope. The winter of disconnect ; The changing face of war ; Days of reckoning ; Life in the days of ; The sweet scent of victory -- 1945 : the year of triumph. The fear of faltering ; The payoff.
Subjects:
Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Mobilization -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945.
Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Mobilization -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945.
ISBN:
9781596916074 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Kle | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [777]-866) and index.