| ID | 145256 |
| Title Proper | Projecting American power in the second world war |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Atkinson, Rick |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Arguably the greatest self-inflicted catastrophe in human history, the Second World War resulted in an estimated 60 million dead. Unprepared when the war began, the United States quickly gathered momentum to become the decisive economic power, with an unprecedented ability to project that power through the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, and elsewhere. While in the European theater the Soviet Union emerged as the preeminent killing power among the Allies, the United States demonstrated logistical brilliance, firepower, mobility, mechanical aptitude, and an economic preponderance that produced much more than the Axis powers, all while committing a smaller proportion of the country’s gross domestic product to the war than any other major belligerent. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Military History Vol. 80, No.2; Apr 2016: p.345-54 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Military History 2016-06 80, 2 |
| Key Words | United States ; Second World War ; Projecting American Power ; European Theater |