Arsenal of World War II : the political economy of American warfare, 1940-1945 / Paul A.C. Koistinen.

Author: Koistinen, Paul A. C.

Imprint:Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2004.

Descriptionxiii, 657 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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