Sovereign Soldiers - How U.s. Military Transformed Global Economy After World War II

Informationen zum Autor Grant Madsen Klappentext In Sovereign Soldiers , historian Grant Madsen tells the story of military leaders who took on an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role during the occupation of Germany and Japan after World War II, applying a range of economic ideas whose impact would endure throughout the prosperous 1950s, including in the United States itself. In Sovereign Soldiers, historian Grant Madsen tells the story of military leaders who took on an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role during the occupation of Germany and Japan after World War II, applying a range of economic ideas whose impact would endure throughout the prosperous 1950s, including in the United States itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. When the Military Became an External State Chapter 2. The War, the Economy, and the Army Chapter 3. The Army in a Time of Depression Chapter 4. The Army, the New Deal, and the Planning for the Postwar Chapter 5. "The Thing Was Assembled by Economic Idiots" Chapter 6. The Army Creates a Plan for Germany Chapter 7. A German "Miracle" Chapter 8. Political Progress in Japan—and Economic Decline Chapter 9. "Recovery Without Fiction" Chapter 10. Implementing the Lessons of Victory in Japan Chapter 11. Truman and Eisenhower Chapter 12. "The Great Equation" Chapter 13. Protecting the Global Economy Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Grant Madsen
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780812250367
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5036-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: American Business, Politics, a; American Business, Politics, and Society; American Business, Politics, and Society; American Business, Politics, a
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics