Reviews

"A major contribution to the history of the American West and to our understanding of the political economy of twentieth-century America." -- Pacific Historical Review "Fortress California is an important and impressive book. Lotchin offers a major reinterpretation of the military-industrial complex from its urban roots up." -- Journal of Urban History "It is rare when a study makes a significant creative contribution to history with a radically new concept. Roger W. Lotchin has achieved this breakthrough with Fortress California." -- Journal of the West "With this book, Lotchin emerges as a leading contributor to a growing body of work in American urban history that may best be characterized as critical realism." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History