Author: United States. Surplus Property AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft industry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Aircraft Plants and Facilities
Author: United States. Surplus Property AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft industry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Utilization of Government-Owned Plants and Facilities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee for Special InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privatization
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Utilization of Government-owned Plants and Facilities, Hearings Before the Subcommittee for Special Investigations of ... , 85-2 Under the Authority of H. Res. 67, Hearings Held December 2 and 3, 1958
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed ServicesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
In the Shadow of the Garrison State
Author: Aaron L. FriedbergPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691048908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
War--or the threat of war--usually strengthens states as governments tax, draft soldiers, exert control over industrial production, and dampen internal dissent in order to build military might. The United States, however, was founded on the suspicion of state power, a suspicion that continued to gird its institutional architecture and inform the sentiments of many of its politicians and citizens through the twentieth century. In this comprehensive rethinking of postwar political history, Aaron Friedberg convincingly argues that such anti-statist inclinations prevented Cold War anxieties from transforming the United States into the garrison state it might have become in their absence. Drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources, including newly available archival materials, Friedberg concludes that the "weakness" of the American state served as a profound source of national strength that allowed the United States to outperform and outlast its supremely centralized and statist rival: the Soviet Union. Friedberg's analysis of the U. S. government's approach to taxation, conscription, industrial planning, scientific research and development, and armaments manufacturing reveals that the American state did expand during the early Cold War period. But domestic constraints on its expansion--including those stemming from mean self-interest as well as those guided by a principled belief in the virtues of limiting federal power--protected economic vitality, technological superiority, and public support for Cold War activities. The strategic synthesis that emerged by the early 1960s was functional as well as stable, enabling the United States to deter, contain, and ultimately outlive the Soviet Union precisely because the American state did not limit unduly the political, personal, and economic freedom of its citizens. Political scientists, historians, and general readers interested in Cold War history will value this thoroughly researched volume. Friedberg's insightful scholarship will also inspire future policy by contributing to our understanding of how liberal democracy's inherent qualities nurture its survival and spread.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: The Dallas Story
Author: Terrance FurgersonPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574419013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
During World War II the United States mobilized its industrial assets to become the great “Arsenal of Democracy” through the cooperation of the government and private firms. The Dallas Story examines a specific aviation factory, operated by the North American Aviation (NAA) company in Dallas, Texas. Terrance Furgerson explores the construction and opening of the factory, its operation, its relations with the local community, and the closure of the facility at the end of the war. Prior to the opening of the factory in 1941, the city of Dallas had practically no existing industrial base. Despite this deficiency, the residents quickly learned the craft of manufacturing airplanes, and by the time of the Pearl Harbor attack the NAA factory was mass-producing the AT-6 trainer aircraft. The entry of the United States into the war brought about an enlargement of the NAA factory, and the facility began production of the B-24 Liberator bomber and the famed P-51 Mustang fighter. By the end of the war the Texas division of NAA had manufactured nearly 19,000 airplanes, making it one of the most prolific U.S. factories.
Redesigning Defense
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781568061542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Marketing Information Guide
Author: Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1446
Book Description
War Plants Disposal--aircraft Plants, Hearing Before the Surplus Properity Subcommittee and Industrial Reorginization Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Econnomic Policy and Planning ..., Pursuant to S. Res. 46 and S. Res. 33, October 289, 1945
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military AffairsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description