Warfare State

Description:

"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 participation in military service, war work, rationing, price control, income taxation, and the War Bond program, ordinary Americans learned to live with the warfare state ... Citizens made their own counterclaims on the state -- particularly in the case of industrial workers, women, African Americans, and most of all, the soldiers. Their demands for fuller citizenship offer important insights into the relationship between citizen morale, the uses of patriotism, and the legitimacy of the state in wartime"--Jacket.

subjects: Politics and government,  Political culture,  Citizenship,  Legitimacy of governments,  Social change,  Military-industrial complex,  Federal government,  Politics and war,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  World war, 1939-1945, united states,  World war, 1939-1945, social aspects,  United states, history, 20th century,  United states, politics and government, 1933-1945,  Buddhism and politics,  Social aspects,  Weltkrieg,  Bürokratie,  Verwaltung,  Politische Kultur,  Politischer Wandel,  Sozioökonomischer Wandel,  USA Government,  USA,  20th century american history - general & miscellaneous,  Political aspects

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  1933-1945