Mobilization and Defense Management Technical Reports Series. The Ability of the Industrial Base to Mobilize - Historical Lessons Applied to Contemporary Policies and Organization

Abstract

This paper identifies those major industrial mobilization lessons from World War II and the early 1950s and contrasts those lessons with current policies and organizations to plan and execute industrial mobilization to support a conventional war of indeterminate length and intensity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138166

Entities

People

  • Dennis D. Flint
  • Joe A. Lewis
  • Paul A. Fleming
  • Robert W. Kane
  • William D. Kutac

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Government Procurement
  • Industrial Plants
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.