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03291aam a2200373 i 4500 001 A342B640E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 161121t20162016paua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016286152 020 $a 0812248333 020 $a 9780812248333 035 $a (OCoLC)945028629 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d COA $d YDX $d COO $d NKM $d BTCTA $d LML $d DEBBG $d CSAIL $d GWL $d OCLCA $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA18 U5 W55 2016 100 1 $a Wilson, Mark $q (Mark R.), $d 1970- $e author. 245 10 $a Destructive Creation : $b American Business and the Winning of World War II / $c Mark R. Wilson. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 379 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a American business, politics, and society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Shadows of the great war -- Building the arsenal -- War stories -- One tough customer -- Of strikes and seizures -- Reconversions. 520 $a "During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'the arsenal of democracy.' Crucial in this effort were business leaders. Some of these captains of industry went to Washington to coordinate the mobilization, while others led their companies to churn out weapons. In this way, the private sector won the war--or so the story goes. Based on new research in business and military archives, Destructive Creation shows that the enormous mobilization effort relied not only on the capacities of private companies but also on massive public investment and robust government regulation. This public-private partnership involved plenty of government-business cooperation, but it also generated antagonism in the American business community that had lasting repercussions for American politics. Many business leaders, still engaged in political battles against the New Deal, regarded the wartime government as an overreaching regulator and a threatening rival. In response, they mounted an aggressive campaign that touted the achievements of for-profit firms while dismissing the value of public-sector contributions. This probusiness story about mobilization was a political success, not just during the war, but afterward, as it shaped reconversion policy and the transformation of the American military-industrial complex"--Book jacket. 650 0 $a Industrial mobilization $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Defense industries $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 830 0 $a American business, politics, and society. 856 $u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029128377&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA $z Inhaltsverzeichnis 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105021128.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A342B640E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search