Destructive Creation [electronic resource] : American Business and the Winning of World War II / Mark R. Wilson.

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"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 dem...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American business, politics, and society.
Main Author: Wilson, Mark (Mark R.), 1970- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:American business, politics, and society.
Subjects:
Industrial mobilization > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > United States.
Defense industries > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Destructive Creation : American Business and the Winning of World War II
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Shadows of the great war
  • Building the arsenal
  • War stories
  • One tough customer
  • Of strikes and seizures
  • Reconversions.