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Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government
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- Creator
- James T. Sparrow
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0199791015, 0199831637, 0199791074, 019993035X, 1283147904, 9780199791019, 9786613147905
- OCLC
- ocn733339065, ocn666878000
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-317) and index.
- Introduction: War and the mass foundations of the state -- pt. 1. Ideology, political culture, and state formation -- War displaces its analog -- Morale and the national moment -- Scapegoating the state -- pt. 2. Encountering the state in everyday life -- Buying our boys back -- Work or fight -- Citizen-soldiers -- Conclusion: Legacies of the warfare state
- Introduction: War and the popular foundations of the state -- pt. 1. Ideology, political culture, and state formation -- War displaces its analog -- Morale and the national moment -- Scapegoating the state -- pt. 2. Encountering the state in everyday life -- Buying our boys back -- Work or fight -- Citizen-soldiers -- Conclusion: The paradox of rights in the warfare state
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Political aspects -- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
- Politics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Federal government -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Legitimacy of governments -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.