Sovereign soldiers how the U.S. military transformed the global economy after World War II
In Sovereign Soldiers, Grant Madsen tells the story of how this cast of characters assumed an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role. Seeking to avoid the harsh punishments meted out after World War I, military leaders believed they had to rebuild and rehabilitate their former enemies; if the...
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| 505 | 0 | |a When the military became an external state -- The war, the economy, and the army -- The army is a time of depression -- The army, the New Deal, and the planning for the postwar -- "This thing was assembled by economic idiots" -- The army creates a plan for Germany -- A German "miracle" -- Political progress in Japan--and economic decline -- "Recovery without fiction" -- Implementing the "Dodge line" -- Truman and Eisenhower -- "The Great Equation" -- Protecting the global economy | |
| 520 | |a In Sovereign Soldiers, Grant Madsen tells the story of how this cast of characters assumed an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role. Seeking to avoid the harsh punishments meted out after World War I, military leaders believed they had to rebuild and rehabilitate their former enemies; if they failed they might cause an even deadlier World War III. Although they knew economic recovery would be critical in their effort, none was schooled in economics. Beyond their hopes, they managed to rebuild not only their former enemies but the entire western economy during the early Cold War. | ||
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