Warfare State World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government

Name: Warfare State World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government
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ISBN: 9780199930357

ISBN-10: 019993035X

ISBN-13: 9780199930357

Edition: 2013

Authors: James T. Sparrow

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Although common wisdom and much scholarship assume that "big government" gained its foothold in the United States under the auspices of the New Deal during the Great Depression, in fact it was the Second World War that accomplished this feat. Indeed, as the federal government mobilized for war it grew tenfold, quickly dwarfing the New Deal's welfare programs.Warfare Stateshows how the federal government vastly expanded its influence over American society during World War II. Equally important, it looks at how and why Americans adapted to this expansion of authority. Through mass participation in military service, war work, rationing, price control, income taxation, and the war bond program,…

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List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction: War and the Mass Foundations of the Modern State



Ideology, Political Culture, and State Formation



War Displaces Its Analog



Morale and the National Moment



Scapegoating the State



Encountering the State In Everyday Life



Buying Our Boys Back



Work or Fight



Citizen-Soldiers


Conclusion: Legacies of the Warfare State


Appendix


Abbreviations for Sources Consulted


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index