Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. A Note on Sources XV
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART ONE. A CALL TO ARMS (1940-1941)
8. 1. Student, Soldier, Lawyer, Judge 11
9. 2. A Return to Action 31
10. 3. Hearing a Different Kind of Case 42
11. 4. Pushing Procurement 59
12. 5. Managing Mobilization 77
13. 6. Personnel for the New Army 97
14. 7. Materiel for the New Army 112
15. 8. The War Department and the Negro 131
16. 9. Labor Issues in Defense Industry 154
17. 10. Shortages in Basic Materials 176
18. 11. Conversion and Its Discontents 192
19. 12. Patience and Perseverance 209
20. PART TWO. WAR (1941-1945)
21. 13. A Great New Crisis 229
22. 14. Seeking Manpower for a Burgeoning Army 248
23. 15. Crises in Rubber and Gasoline 262
24. 16. Organizing Manpower for the Home Front: 1942 282
25. 17. A Close Eye on Prices and Profits 306
26. 18. Cooperation and Conflict with the WPB 326
27. 19. The Chronic Muddle of Manpower: 1943 369
28. 20. The Lures of Untimely Reconversion: 1944 389
29. 21. The Agonies of the Hard Last Lap: 1945 414
30. PART THREE. AFTERMATH (1945-1947)
31. 22. Changing the Guard 443
32. 23. The Forces Melt Away 447
33. 24. Reaction and the Record 454
34. CONCLUSION 465
35. APPENDIXES
36. A. Persons Interviewed 477
37. B. Abbreviations Used in the Text and Notes 479
38. C. A Select Chronology of the War 483
39. Notes 501
40. Index 565