Warhogs : A History of War Profits in America / Stuart D. Brandes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandes, Stuart D. (Stuart Dean), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Profiteering--United States--History.

Profiteering.

War--Economic aspects--United States--History.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Puritans condemned war profiteering as a ""Provoking Evil,"" George Washington feared that it would ruin the Revolution, and Franklin D. Roosevelt promised many times that he would never permit the rise of another crop of ""war millionaires."" Yet on every occasion that American soldiers and sailors served and sacrificed in the field and on the sea, other Americans cheerfully enhanced their personal wealth by exploiting every opportunity that wartime circumstances presented.In Warhogs, Stuart D. Brandes masterfully blends intellectual, economic, and military history into a fascinating dis

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Provoking Evil; 2. Virtue Tested; 3. Left-Handed; Mr. Madison's War; Mr.Polk's War; 4. The ""Shoddyocracy""; Shoddy Uniforms; Railroads; Shipping; Fortifications; Firearms; Advanced Weapons; Provisions; Speculation; Trading with the Enemy; Plunder; Fraud; Manpower; Censure and Control; Contributions; 5. Toward the Great War; Profits and the New Navy; The Spanish War; The Progressives and Defense Profits; Antipreparedness; 6. Warhogs and Warsows; 7. Supplying the Doughboys; Procurement; Cantonments

AircraftCopper, Steel, and Shipping; 8. Grave Objections; 9. Profits or Peace?; 10. Penning the Warhog; The New Deal Congress and Profiteering; FDR's Campaign against War Profits; The Demise of Profit Limitation; The President Compromises; The Excess Profits Tax; Roosevelt's Concession to Business; 11. A Prescription for Profiteering; Dr. Win-the-War; Wartime Politics; Excess Profits Taxes; Price Controls; The Black Market; The New Deal Subsidizes Corporate America; ""Legal Profiteering""; The Warhog Survives; 12. War Profits and Cold War Cult

Appendix A: Graft Convictions, Officers of the Continental ArmyAppendix B: Profits of Selected Defense Contractors; Notes; Bibliographic Note; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-358) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189680

0813189683

9780813157603

0813157609

9780813170589

0813170583

OCLC:

47010469