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Arming the nation for war

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Title Arming the nation for war : mobilization, supply, and the American war effort in World War II / Robert P. Patterson
edited by Brian Waddell
with a foreword by Robert M. Morgenthau
G. Kurt Piehler, series editor.
Edition First edition.
Publisher Knoxville, Tennessee : The University of Tennessee Press
Creation Date 2014
Notes Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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.
Series Legacies of War
Extent 1 online resource (358 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997011504827305171
MARC RECORDS
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