About This Book
A concise, nontechnical history of how American industry and the War Department organized and scaled munitions production during the recent European war, surveying ordnance, artillery, ammunition, small arms, machine guns, aircraft and engines, chemical and engineering supplies, quartermaster logistics, and technical methods such as sound- and flash-ranging. Chapters combine operational description, production statistics, organizational arrangements, and the roles of military and civilian agencies to explain accomplishments, challenges, and the conversion of factories and supply systems to meet battlefield needs.