Fortress California, 1910-1961
by Lotchin, Roger W.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Illinois Pr
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Summary
"Fortress California, now in paperback for the first time, links the growth of the U.S. military-industrial complex to civic leaders who competed for military bases and military contracts to ensure economic growth. Analyzing the growth of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco from 1910 to 1961, Roger W. Lotchin discredits the assumption that the industrialization of the Sunbelt was a result of a partnership between industry and the military. He provides instead a detailed and forceful argument that municipalities used federal resources to build urban empires and metropolitan-military complexes. These have increased the flow of federal dollars into the state, thereby shifting the focus of the military-industrial complex from warfare to welfare."
Author Biography
Roger W. Lotchin is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The City and the Sword: The Rise of the Metropolitan-Military Complex | p. 1 |
| The Metropolitan-Military Complex: A Mutual Dilemma of Relative Decline | p. 3 |
| Capturing the Navy: San Diego | p. 23 |
| Creating the American Singapore: The San Francisco Bay Area and the Quest for Naval Riches | p. 42 |
| Dive Bombers in the Land of Oz: Los Angeles and the Aircraft Industry | p. 64 |
| "Mars Has a Hand in Your Pocket": Urban California in the Second Great War | p. 131 |
| The City and the Sword in an Era of Defense: The Atrophy of War and the Hypertrophy of Urbanization | p. 171 |
| From Warfare to Welfare: The Revival of the Darwinian City | p. 173 |
| The Trinity of Air Power, Plus One: The Air Force, Air Commerce, the Aircraft Industry, and the City | p. 206 |
| "Born in Sin": Nuclear Power for Imperial Cities | p. 260 |
| San Diego and the Continued Quest for Military Riches | p. 297 |
| Getting on Target: Nuclear Weapons, Jet Technology, and the Metropolis | p. 319 |
| Conclusion | p. 346 |
| Notes | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 405 |
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