Arming the nation for war : mobilization, supply, and the American war effort in World War II

Arming the nation for war : mobilization, supply, and the American war effort in World War II /

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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Main Author: Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952
Other Authors: Waddell, Brian (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2014
Edition:First edition.
Series:Legacies of war.
Subjects:
Patterson, Robert Porter, > 1891-1952.
United States. > War Department > Procurement.
Industrial mobilization > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Logistics > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
Industrial mobilization > United States > Evaluation.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores > Management.
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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