| Description |
xiii, 391 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Modern war studies |
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Modern war studies.
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| Contents |
1. The Political Economy of Warfare in America -- Pt. 1. The Industrial Stage, 1865-1916. 2. The Rise of a Modern Political Economy. 3. Modernizing the Navy. 4. Modernizing the Army. 5. The Role of American Elites -- Pt. 2. Economic Mobilization for World War I. 6. Preparedness and Participation. 7. Economic Mobilization, 1914-1916. 8. The National Defense Advisory Commission, February-July 1917. 9. The War Industries Board, August 1917-March 1918. 10. The War Industries Board, March-November 1918. 11. Other Agencies and the Economic Consequences of World War I. 12. Reconversion. 13. The Challenge and Effect of Mobilizing for Modern War |
| Summary |
Although the military-industrial complex became familiar to most Americans during the Cold War, Paul Koistinen shows that its origins actually go back to the dawn of this century. Mobilizing for Modern War, the second of an extraordinary five-volume study on the political economy of American warfare, highlights the emergence of this pivotal relationship. In this volume, Koistinen examines war planning and mobilizing in an era of rapid industrialization and reveals how economic mobilization for defense and war is shaped at the national level by the interaction of political, economic, and military institutions and by increasingly powerful and expensive weaponry. Covering the Gilded Age and Progressive Era through the Spanish-American War and World War I, Mobilizing for Modern War shows how a partnership evolved between government and business to prepare for and conduct modern warfare |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375) and index |
| Subject |
War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
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Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Defenses http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139992 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| LC no. |
97019148 |
| ISBN |
0700608605 |
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