Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945Prolific munitions production keyed America's triumph in World War II but so did the complex economic controls needed to sustain that production. Artillery, tanks, planes, ships, trucks, and weaponry of every kind were constantly demanded by the military and readily supplied by American business. While that relationship was remarkably successful in helping the U. S. win the war, it also raised troubling issues about wartime economies that have never