The Navy and the Industrial Mobilization in World War II.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 527pg. Navy blue cloth in dust jacket. Review copy with slip laid-in. Light stain to rear boards. Tear to the front of the jacket, toning to jacket spine. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Item #60536
From the front jacket flap: "This critically important book is an authorized though unofficial account of the Navy's top material organization during World War II and of its relations with other industrial mobilization agencies of the federal government. The author is professor of public administration at Duke University. His book is a case study of military-civilian relationships, and incidentally it is a the story of James Forrestal as Under Secretary of the Navy."
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