Arming the Nation for War: Mobilization, Supply, and the American War Effort in World War II

by Robert P. Patterson

Book Overview

A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismayed by America's lack of military preparedness when a second great war engulfed Europe in 1939-40. With the international crisis worsening, Patterson even resumed military training--as a forty-nine-year-old private--before being named assistant secretary of war in July 1940. That appointment set the stage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572338725
• ISBN13: 9781572338722
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"