WWII - Arsenal of Democracy: The Greatest Industrial Mobilization in History
The scale of the challenge was almost incomprehensible. In 1940, the entire American military establishment was built around a peacetime force that could bar...
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The Big Five: How Five Programs Built in the 1970s Still Define the U.S. Army
Five programs. Conceived in the early 1970s. Fielded by the early 1980s. Proven in combat in 1991. Still in service in 2026. Still being upgraded. Still bein...
Before the Acquisition Corps: How America's Arsenals Built the Army's Weapons - And Its DNA
From George Washington's first armory to the most sophisticated military procurement system on earth, the Army has always built what it fights with. The tool...
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