| Description |
xiii, 657 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Modern war studies
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
National Defense Advisory Commission -- Origins, structure, and staffing of NDAC -- The military and economic mobilization -- The NDAC in operation -- The Office of Production Management and the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board -- Structure and staffing of OPM, OPACS, and SPAB -- The military and OPM -- OPM, OPACS, and the struggle to expand production -- OPM's Labor, Purchases, and Priorities Divisions, and SPAB -- The War Production Board, 1942-1945 -- WPB : organization and staffing -- The armed services' material organization for World War II -- 10. National and international mobilization agencies -- Converting and expanding industry, 1942 -- Refining WPB economic controls, 1942 -- The WPB at flood tide, 1943-1944 -- Organized labor in a mobilized economy, 1940-1945 : labor supply -- Organized labor in a mobilized economy, 1940-1945 : labor relations -- Economic stabilization -- Reconversion -- Mobilizing the World War II economy. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. National Defense Advisory Commission.
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United States. Office of Production Management.
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United States. War Production Board.
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Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Title |
Political economy of American warfare, 1940-1945 |
| ISBN |
0700613080 (alk. paper) |
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