Mobilizing America
Subtitle: Robert P. Patterson and the War Effort, 1940-1945
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: March 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780801422768
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Biography: general; Central government policies; European history: Second World War; War & defence operations; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; U.S. History - World War II (Domestic Aspects); World War, 1939-1945; History; History - Military / War; United States; History: American; Europe; USA; Patterson, Robert Porter,; Political; Patterson, Robert Porter; Cabinet officers; War work; United States - 20th Century; 1891-1952; Biography
First sentence: In the wake of the Great War of 1914-18, Americans pondered the causes of the conflict and debated what might be done to preclude forever the recurrence of so great a tragedy.