Eric Hammel is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of more than thirty combat and pictorial histories, including Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle, and Guadalcanal.
Book News, May 2009"Hammel, a noted military historian and author,
analyzes the military build-up in the United States just prior to
World War II and notes how this strategy was "deliberate, orderly
and integrated." Written for history buffs and general readers,
this volume characterizes the US as a "sleeping giant" after the
end of World War I as a new shift toward an expanded
military-industrial complex was implemented, creating an "Arsenal
of Democracy" that would ultimately decide the outcome of World War
II. Appendices include a list of the armies, corps, regiments and
divisions in the Army and Navy as well as a list of major naval and
aircraft hardware."
Bookviews, May 2009"How America Saved the World by Eric Hammel
tells how preparation for war was the reason that, following the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the nation was able to
transition quickly to an offensive war. This excellent book tells
why America was able to transform itself into what FDR called "the
arsenal of democracy," fielding armies in both the Asian and
European theatres, while providing them with countless tanks and
ships and guns. America may have been a sleeping giant when it came
to the political events unfolding, but the decision to turn the
entire force of American industry toward the task of winning World
War II had been made long before the initial attack on the
homeland. It had, in fact, begun in 1938 as the war clouds
threatened. Those who criticize America's current superpower status
would do well to read this book and then wonder if preparing for
war isn't the best way to maintain the peace."
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