Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government

Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government /

Although common wisdom and much scholarship assume that "big government" gained its foothold in the United States under the auspices of the New Deal during the Great Depression, in fact it was the Second World War that accomplished this feat. Indeed, as the federal government mobilized for...

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Main Author: Sparrow, James T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Political aspects > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
Politics and war > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 20th century.
Federal government > United States > History > 20th century.
Legitimacy of governments > United States > History > 20th century.
Military-industrial complex > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: War and the popular foundations of the state
  • pt. 1. Ideology, political culture, and state formation
  • War displaces its analog
  • Morale and the national moment
  • Scapegoating the state
  • pt. 2. Encountering the state in everyday life
  • Buying our boys back
  • Work or fight
  • Citizen-soldiers
  • Conclusion: The paradox of rights in the warfare state.

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