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Sovereign Soldiers - (American Business, Politics, and Society) by Grant Madsen (Hardcover)

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  • They helped conquer the greatest armies ever assembled.
  • About the Author: Grant Madsen teaches history at Brigham Young University.
  • 344 Pages
  • History, Military
  • Series Name: American Business, Politics, and Society

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About the Book



In Sovereign Soldiers, historian Grant Madsen tells the story of military leaders who took on an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role during the occupation of Germany and Japan after World War II, applying a range of economic ideas whose impact would endure throughout the prosperous 1950s, including in the United States itself.



Book Synopsis



They helped conquer the greatest armies ever assembled. Yet no sooner had they tasted victory after World War II than American generals suddenly found themselves governing their former enemies, devising domestic policy and making critical economic decisions for people they had just defeated in battle. In postwar Germany and Japan, this authority fell into the hands of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, along with a cadre of military officials like Lucius Clay and the Detroit banker Joseph Dodge.

In Sovereign Soldiers, Grant Madsen tells the story of how this cast of characters assumed an unfamiliar and often untold policymaking role. Seeking to avoid the harsh punishments meted out after World War I, military leaders believed they had to rebuild and rehabilitate their former enemies; if they failed they might cause an even deadlier World War III. Although they knew economic recovery would be critical in their effort, none was schooled in economics. Beyond their hopes, they managed to rebuild not only their former enemies but the entire western economy during the early Cold War.

Madsen shows how army leaders learned from the people they governed, drawing expertise that they ultimately brought back to the United States during the Eisenhower Administration in 1953. Sovereign Soldiers thus traces the circulation of economic ideas around the globe and back to the United States, with the American military at the helm.



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"Sovereign Soldiers offers a lively account of economic policymaking in post-World War II Germany, Japan, and the United States. Drawing on original research, Grant Madsen describes the activities of top American occupation officials, including Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur as well as General Lucius D. Clay and Detroit banker Joseph Dodge. Charged with overseeing the reconstruction of postwar Germany and Japan, these overseas American officials developed a distinctive approach to political economy, which, as Madsen shows, had lasting influence-not only in Europe and Asia but also back in the United States."-- "Mark R. Wilson, author of Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II"

"President Eisenhower's warning of a 'military-industrial complex' looms large in contemporary American politics. This book offers the crucial historical background to explain what Eisenhower meant. Grant Madsen shows how U.S. Army leaders after the Second World War worked to build a global economy hinged on low inflation, inexpensive capital, and free trade. He explains how this model seeded postwar prosperity at home as well as in Europe and Asia, and also how it unraveled in the 1960s and 1970s-a victim of its own successes. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the historical roots of our current global economy and its discontents."-- "Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office"



About the Author



Grant Madsen teaches history at Brigham Young University.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.3 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 344
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Military
Series Title: American Business, Politics, and Society
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Theme: Vehicles
Format: Hardcover
Author: Grant Madsen
Language: English
Street Date: May 22, 2018
TCIN: 94276059
UPC: 9780812250367
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-5455
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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