Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
Preface: The Unluckiest Generation 1
Prologue: The World Unraveling-Again 7
1940: The Year of Denial
Chapter 1 The Man and the Hour 27
Chapter 2 The Wherewithal of War 45
Chapter 3 The Possibilities of Production 63
Chapter 4 The Onus of Organization 85
Chapter 5 Making Haste Slowly 107
1941: The Year of Turmoil
Chapter 6 A House Divided 133
Chapter 7 To Have and Have Not 153
Chapter 8 Getting Shipshape 176
Chapter 9 The Season of Discontent 192
Chapter 10 Material Gains and Losses 215
Chapter 11 The Business of War 239
Chapter 12 The Rush of Events 263
1942: The Year of Despair
Chapter 13 First Reactions 289
Chapter 14 A Sea of Troubles 313
Chapter 15 The Manpower Muddle 333
Chapter 16 Intramural Wars 355
Chapter 17 The Feasibility Follies 377
Chapter 18 Old Frank Comes to Call 399
Chapter 19 General Max Takes Command 419
Chapter 20 Mixed Signals 438
1943: The Year of Production
Chapter 21 City of Paper 463
Chapter 22 The Stuff of Victory 486
Chapter 23 Weapons of Mass Production 511
Chapter 24 The New West 536
Chapter 25 Ironing Out the Wrinkles 554
Chapter 26 Feeding Frenzies 576
Chapter 27 The Sliding Scale of Sacrifice 597
1944: The Year of Hope
Chapter 28 The Winter of Disconnect 623
Chapter 29 The Changing Face of War 649
Chapter 30 Days of Reckoning 673
Chapter 31 Life in the Days of 695
Chapter 32 The Sweet Scent of Victory 717
1945: The Year of Triumph
Chapter 33 The Fear of Faltering 743
Epilogue: The Payoff 767
Notes 777
Bibliography 853
Index 867