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9780813170589

Warhogs

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813170589

  • ISBN10:

    0813170583

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2014-10-17
  • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Summary

The author masterfully blends intellectual, economic, and military history into a fascinating discussion of a great moral question for generations of Americans: Can some individuals rightly profit during wartime while other sacrifice their lives to protect the nation?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
A Provoking Evilp. 11
Virtue Testedp. 31
Left-Handed Tradep. 53
The "Shoddyocracy"p. 67
Toward the Great Warp. 109
Warhogs and Warsowsp. 127
Supplying the Doughboysp. 141
Grave Objectionsp. 179
Profits or Peace?p. 199
Penning the Warhogp. 227
A Prescription for Profiteeringp. 249
War Profits and Cold War Culturep. 269
Graft Convictions, Officers Of the Continental Army, 1775-1781p. 277
Profits of Selected Defense Contractors, 1911-1920p. 283
Notesp. 291
Bibliographical Notep. 355
Indexp. 359
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