James T. Sparrow

Warfare State

World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Warfare State shows how the federal government, in the course of World War II, vastly expanded its influence over American society. Equally important, it looks at how and why Americans adapted to this expansion of authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199930357
• ISBN-10: 019993035X
• Artikelnr.: 36694251

Autorenporträt

James T. Sparrow is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: War and the Popular Foundations of the State
Part I. Ideology, Political Culture, and State Formation
Chapter 1. War Displaces Its Analog
Chapter 2. Morale and the National Moment
Chapter 3. Scapegoating the State
Part II. Encountering the State in Everyday Life
Chapter 4. Buying Our Boys Back
Chapter 5. Work or Fight
Chapter 6. Citizen-Soldiers
Conclusion: The Paradox of Rights in the Warfare State
Appendix
Notes
Index