Examines the meticulous planning during World War II of US business conservatives to advance the interests of private capitalism in the post-war era.

Locates the influence of corporate conservatives in articulating the wartime fatigue of Americans with New Deal liberalism and in restoring the image of private capitalism by war's end.

Explains why it was the 'moderate' business groups, and not the conservatives, that finally 'won out' in the contest over deciding the post-war character of US political economy.

Autorentext

Charlie Whitham is Senior Lecturer in American History at Edge Hill University, UK. His research focuses on the political, economic and social processes that transformed the USA into a global superpower during the pivotal years of World War II. He has authored Post-War Business Planners in the United States, 1939-1948: The Rise of the Corporate Moderates (2016).

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The war before the war: Limiting the New Deal, 1933-39.- Chapter 3: Making the most of mobilization, 1939-41.- Chapter 4: Life on the Periphery, 1941-43.- Chapter 5: Coming in from the cold: post-war visions crystalize, 1944-45.- Chapter 6: From strength to strength: the battle over Reconversion, 1945-47.- Chapter 7: Making peace with the moderates, 1947-48.- chapter 8: Conclusions.