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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Waddell, Brian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Licensed eBooks
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
Έκδοση:First edition.
Σειρά:Legacies of war.
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.25494953
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.