MARC Record from Library of Congress

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020 $a9781591144915 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1591144914 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn670481775
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050 00 $aHC106.4$b.L34 2011
082 00 $a940.53/1$222
100 1 $aLacey, Jim,$d1958-
245 10 $aKeep from all thoughtful men :$bhow U.S. economists won World War II /$cJim Lacey.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$cc2011.
300 $a266 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEconomics and war -- Unmaking the victory program -- The real victory program -- The economists' war -- The production organizations -- The war production board and two wars -- War and feasibility -- The great feasibility debate -- Marshall's commitment to a 1943 invasion of Europe -- Why Marshall changed his mind -- Appendix 1. The feasibility concept -- Appendix 2. The first feasibility study (14 March 1942) -- Appendix 3. Wedemeyer's victory program -- Appendix 4. Nathan's 6 October memorandum for War Production Board meeting -- Appendix 5. General Somervell's comments to War Production Board proposals of 31 August 1942 -- Appendix 6. Simon Kuznets' reply to Somervell's comments on his feasibility proposal (sent under Robert Nathan's hand) -- Appendix 7. Letter from Robert P. Patterson (under secretary of war) to General Somervell, post 6 October feasibility meeting -- Appendix 8. Minutes of War Production Board 6 October meeting.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bWar Production Board.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y1933-1945.
650 0 $aIndustrial mobilization$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.