Elusive Victories_ The American Presidency at War-Oxford University Press (2012)

152 e lusive v ictories If political considerations hindered military readiness, they had the opposite eff ect on the production ...

f reedom of a ction 153 army maneuvers in the prewar period depict the embarrassing state of readiness. At a time when German pa ...

154 e lusive v ictories eagerly about returning to civilian life as soon as their year of training was complete. Th eir attitude ...

f reedom of a ction 155 countless civilians who perished in 1944–1945 in battles, bombing raids, and gas chambers.  Unconditio ...

156 e lusive v ictories down his arms unconditionally would prompt him to resist more fi ercely. Th e result might be heavier Al ...

f reedom of a ction 157 determined to succeed where Wilson had failed and create a stable, peaceful international order. Here Ro ...

158 e lusive v ictories arrangements Roosevelt proposed favored his own national interests would not go unnoticed by other Allie ...

f reedom of a ction 159 nations after the war. Questions arose, however, about what kind of role the Russians would assume. Th e ...

160 e lusive v ictories “Doctor Win-the-War” Total war entails a broad redirection of economic activity, with far-reaching socia ...

f reedom of a ction 161 Th rough the massive program of war production, Roosevelt took the fi rst step toward rapprochement with ...

162 e lusive v ictories Roosevelt believed that setting ambitious targets would goad industry to produce more than most believed ...

f reedom of a ction 163 Th e president and his advisors weighed how best to pay the enor- mous cost of mobilization but often we ...

164 e lusive v ictories Th e president did his best to appease both factions, an impossible chal- lenge. Much as they had done u ...

f reedom of a ction 165 annoyances of increased wartime bureaucracy and rising prices, voters vented their frustrations on the p ...

166 e lusive v ictories 1943 had eliminated such New Deal mainstays as the Civilian Conser- vation Corps and the Works Progress ...

f reedom of a ction 167 to assure fair treatment aroused the ire of southern politicians in his own party, who condemned all fed ...

168 e lusive v ictories At a press conference in late 1943, Roosevelt seemed to recognize that the Great Depression and the refo ...

f reedom of a ction 169 British, as fi xated on the Pacifi c, King understood the need to balance the demands of what were eff e ...

170 e lusive v ictories Here the politics began. MacArthur had many friends among Amer- ican conservatives, and if he voiced com ...

f reedom of a ction 171 the face of these multiple threats, the United States as yet had few combat-ready units. Confi rming the ...