Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

History Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

United States History

Old Dominion University

History Faculty Publications

2007

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in History

The Business Of War: Military Mobilization And The State, 1861-1865, Harold S. Wilson Jan 2007

The Business Of War: Military Mobilization And The State, 1861-1865, Harold S. Wilson

History Faculty Publications

This is essentially an institutional study of the Union Quartermaster Department in the American Civil War, and its central thesis is that “modern American business and government were shaped directly and indirectly by a military model of administration that had been on display in 1861–1865” (p. 4).