Economic Mobilization in World War II and America's Rise to World Superpower

Author

Hampton McClendon, University of South Alabama

Date of Award

12-2003

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Degree Name

BA

Department

Chemical Engineering

Faculty Mentor

W. Robert Houston, Ph.D.

Advisor(s)

Clarence L. Mohr, Ph.D., Betty Brandon, Ph.D.

Abstract

This thesis seeks to illuminate how significantly the vast industrial mobilization in the United States between 1941 and 1945 affected U.S. and ultimately Allied success during World War II. The military aircraft industry, which stands as a prime example of the magnitude of this mobilization, serves as the focus of this investigation. Based on the effect of mobilization on Allied success, this paper will also provide evidence to establish the significance of the ability to mobilize in the United States' rise to the status of world superpower in the years following the war. Finally, this thesis will theorize upon the extent to which the United States should maintain its great industry. capacity to retain its current hegemonic status.

Recommended Citation

McClendon, Hampton, "Economic Mobilization in World War II and America's Rise to World Superpower" (2003). Digitized Honors Theses (2002-2017). 68.
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/honors_theses-boundprint/68