V is for victory : Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the triumph of World War II / Craig Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Craig, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Industrial mobilization--United States--History--20th century.

Industrial mobilization.

World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

Politics and government.

War--Economic aspects.

Genre:

Biography.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 437 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the triumph of World War II

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 2023.

Summary:

"New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, "the arsenal of democracy" that won World War II. As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America's military was unprepared, too small, and poorly supplied. The Nazis were supported by robust German factories that created a seemingly endless flow of arms, trucks, tanks, airplanes, and submarines. The United States, emerging from the Great Depression, was skeptical of American involvement in Europe and not ready to wage war. Hardened isolationists predicted disaster if the country went to war. In this fascinating and deeply researched account, Craig Nelson traces how Franklin D. Roosevelt steadily and sometimes secretively put America on a war footing by convincing America's top industrialists such as Henry Ford Jr. to retool their factories, by diverting the country's supplies of raw materials to the war effort, and above all by convincing the American people to endure shortages, to work in wartime factories, and to send their sons into harm's way. Within a few years, the nation's workers were producing thousands of airplanes and tanks, hundreds of warships and submarines. Under FDR's resolute leadership, victory at land and sea and air across the globe began at home in America--a powerful and essential narrative largely overlooked in conventional histories of the war but which, in Nelson's skilled, authoritative hands, becomes an illuminating and important work destined to become an American history classic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Like the first chapter of Genesis

The world at your feet

When the light falls

The Amazon and apple of their eyes

How to make America first

Let sleeping dogs lie through their teeth

The gun in her purse

Infamy, and aftermath

The first victories

Have you considered a career in supply-chain management?

Into the lands of the Normen

Coda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-414) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Nelson, Craig, 1955- V is for victory

ISBN:

9781982122911

1982122919

OCLC:

1365385238