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Warhogs : a history of war profits in America /
In Warhogs, Stuart D. Brandes masterfully blends intellectual, economic, and military history into a fascinating discussion of a great moral question for generations of Americans: Can some individuals rightly profit during wartime while others sacrifice their lives to protect the nation? Drawing upo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Provoking Evil; 2. Virtue Tested; 3. Left-Handed; Mr. Madison's War; Mr. Polk's War; 4. The Shoddyocracy
- Shoddy Uniforms; Railroads; Shipping; Fortifications; Firearms; Advanced Weapons; Provisions; Speculation; Trading with the Enemy; Plunder; Fraud; Manpower; Censure and Control; Contributions; 5. Toward the Great War; Profits and the New Navy; The Spanish War; The Progressives and Defense Profits; Antipreparedness; 6. Warhogs and Warsows; 7. Supplying the Doughboys; Procurement; Cantonments
- AircraftCopper, Steel, and Shipping; 8. Grave Objections; 9. Profits or Peace?; 10. Penning the Warhog; The New Deal Congress and Profiteering; FDR's Campaign against War Profits; The Demise of Profit Limitation; The President Compromises; The Excess Profits Tax; Roosevelt's Concession to Business; 11. A Prescription for Profiteering; Dr. Win-the-War; Wartime Politics; Excess Profits Taxes; Price Controls; The Black Market; The New Deal Subsidizes Corporate America; Legal Profiteering
- The Warhog Survives; 12. War Profits and Cold War Cult
- Appendix A: Graft Convictions, Officers of the Continental ArmyAppendix B: Profits of Selected Defense Contractors; Notes; Bibliographic Note; Index