Mobilizing for modern war
Subtitle: the political economy of American warfare, 1865-1919
By: Paul A.C. Koistinen.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History; Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History; United States -- Defenses -- History
Other titles: Political economy of American warfare, 1865-1919
Description: Although the military-industrial complex became familiar to most Americans during the Cold War, Paul Koistinen shows that its origins actually go back to the dawn of this century. Mobilizing for Modern War, the second of an extraordinary five-volume study on the political economy of American warfare, highlights the emergence of this pivotal relationship.

In this volume, Koistinen examines war planning and mobilizing in an era of rapid industrialization and reveals how economic mobilization for defense and war is shaped at the national level by the interaction of political, economic, and military institutions and by increasingly powerful and expensive weaponry.

Covering the Gilded Age and Progressive Era through the Spanish-American War and World War I, Mobilizing for Modern War shows how a partnership evolved between government and business to prepare for and conduct modern warfare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-375) and index.