This wide-ranging account of politics and economics in the giant military-supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little-known part of Civil War history.
"This account of the politics and economics of the giant military supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little known part of Civil War history. Drawing on new and extensive research in army and business archives, Mark R. Wilson offers a fresh view of the wart…
"This account of the politics and economics of the giant military supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little known part of Civil War history. Drawing on new and extensive research in army and business archives, Mark R. Wilson offers a fresh view of the wart…
"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 calle…
Offering a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of the ""arsenal of democracy, "" Destructive Creation suggests how the struggle to define its heroes and villains has continued to shape economic and political development to the present day.