Arming the Nation for War : Mobilization, Supply, and the American War Effort in World War II /

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A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismayed by America's lack of military preparedness when a second great war engulfed Europe in 1939--40. With the international crisis worsening, Patterson...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952
Otros Autores: Waddell, Brian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Patterson, Robert Porter > 1891-1952
Patterson, Robert Porter, > 1891-1952.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
United States. > War Department.
United States. > War Department > Procurement.
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Versorgung
Mobilmachung
Logistik
Industrie
Logistics.
Industrial mobilization.
Economics.
Armed Forces > Supplies and stores > Management.
Armed Forces > Procurement.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > General.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Logistique > États-Unis.
Mobilisation industrielle > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Industrial mobilization > United States > Evaluation.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Logistics > United States.
Industrial mobilization > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores > Management.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > American.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Robert Porter Patterson and World War II
  • A nation without arms
  • The slow beginning
  • Airplanes take five years
  • A changing nation
  • Altitudinal goals
  • An offensive begins
  • Alaska, Australia, the Persian Gulf
  • Assault in force
  • The end in Europe
  • Concentration east
  • Epilogue: industry, science, war, and the future.

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