The American home front : Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II / by James L. Abrahamson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC : National Defense University Press : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983.Description: xviii, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • E209 .A27 1983
Contents:
War and society in America: some questions -- The American Revolution -- The price of war -- A Revolutionary society at war -- The Revolutionary economy -- The politics of mobilization -- The political consequences of war -- The Civil War -- The Northern economy at war -- The collapse of the Southern economy -- Southern mobilization -- Southern politics -- Northern politics -- Mobilizing the Union for war -- Civil War and American society -- Organizing the nation -- World War I -- Neutrality: prelude to mobilization -- Workingmen, workingwomen, and the European War -- Mobilizing the American economy -- A divided public -- Mobilizing public opinion -- Roots of social tension -- An uncertain economic future -- Political upheaval -- World War II -- Controlling the wartime economy -- The economic consequences of total war -- Liberal reform and total war -- The politics of total war -- War and society in America: a few answers.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E209.A27 1983 1 Available 33710001115968

"A National Defense University military history."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

S/N 008-020-00947-4.

Item 378-H-1.

War and society in America: some questions -- The American Revolution -- The price of war -- A Revolutionary society at war -- The Revolutionary economy -- The politics of mobilization -- The political consequences of war -- The Civil War -- The Northern economy at war -- The collapse of the Southern economy -- Southern mobilization -- Southern politics -- Northern politics -- Mobilizing the Union for war -- Civil War and American society -- Organizing the nation -- World War I -- Neutrality: prelude to mobilization -- Workingmen, workingwomen, and the European War -- Mobilizing the American economy -- A divided public -- Mobilizing public opinion -- Roots of social tension -- An uncertain economic future -- Political upheaval -- World War II -- Controlling the wartime economy -- The economic consequences of total war -- Liberal reform and total war -- The politics of total war -- War and society in America: a few answers.