Destructive Creation : : American Business and the Winning of World War II / / Mark R. Wilson.
During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "the arsenal of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Business, Politics, and Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Shadows of the Great War
- Chapter 2. Building the Arsenal
- Chapter 3. War Stories
- Chapter 4. One Tough Customer
- Chapter 5. Of Strikes and Seizures
- Chapter 6. Reconversions
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments