TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,Robert Porter AU - Waddell,Brian ED - Project Muse. TI - Arming the nation for war: mobilization, supply, and the American war effort in World War II T2 - Legacies of war SN - 9781621900825 AV - D769.2 .P38 2014 U1 - 940.54/1273 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Knoxville PB - University of Tennessee Press KW - Patterson, Robert Porter, KW - United States KW - War Department KW - Procurement KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Industrial mobilization KW - Evaluation KW - Economic aspects KW - Logistics KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Armed Forces KW - Supplies and stores KW - Management KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Robert Porter Patterson and World War II -- A nation without arms -- The slow beginning -- Airplanes take five years -- A changing nation -- Altitudinal goals -- An offensive begins -- Alaska, Australia, the Persian Gulf -- Assault in force -- The end in Europe -- Concentration east -- Epilogue: industry, science, war, and the future UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781621900825/ ER -