Title Warfare state : World War II Americans and the age of big government / James T. Sparrow.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (336 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	Although common wisdom and much scholarship assume that "big government" gained its foothold in the United States under the auspices of the New Deal during the Great Depression, in fact it was the Second World War that accomplished this feat. Indeed, as the federal government mobilized for war it grew tenfold, quickly dwarfing the New Deal's welfare programs. Warfare State shows how the federal government vastly expanded its influence over American society during World War II. Equally important, it looks at how and why Americans adapted to this expansion of authority. Through mass pa.
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Subject	World War (1939-1945)
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Political aspects -- United States.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
	United States.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	1933-1945
Subject	Politics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Politics and war.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Political culture.
	Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Social change.
	Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Citizenship.
	Federal government -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Federal government.
	Legitimacy of governments -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Legitimacy of governments.
	Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Military-industrial complex.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Sparrow, James T. Warfare state. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199791019 (DLC) 2010039420 (OCoLC)666878000
ISBN	9780199791071 (electronic book)
	0199791074 (electronic book)
	9780199791019
	0199791015

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