Warhogs : A History of War Profits in America

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The Puritans condemned war profiteering as a ""Provoking Evil, "" George Washington feared that it would ruin the Revolution, and Franklin D. Roosevelt promised many times that he would never permit the rise of another crop of ""war millionaires."" Yet on ever...

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Main Author: Brandes, Stuart D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War > Economic aspects.
Profiteering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Profits illicites > États-Unis > Histoire.
Guerre > Aspect economique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Profiteering > United States > History.
War > Economic aspects > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The Puritans condemned war profiteering as a ""Provoking Evil, "" George Washington feared that it would ruin the Revolution, and Franklin D. Roosevelt promised many times that he would never permit the rise of another crop of ""war millionaires."" Yet on every occasion that American soldiers and sailors served and sacrificed in the field and on the sea, other Americans cheerfully enhanced their personal wealth by exploiting every opportunity that wartime circumstances presented. In Warhogs, Stuart D. Brandes masterfully blends intellectual, economic, and military history into a fascinating dis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9780813157603

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