Mobilizing U.S. Industry

A Vanishing Option For National Security?

John N Ellison, Jeffrey W. Frumkin, Timothy W. Stanley, Jeffery W. Frumkin, Timothy W. Stanley

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780367012151
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429713330
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Originally published in 1988, this volume outlines the need for a series of organisational reforms, new studies and committees to focus attention on mobilization issues and to provide an administrative framework for enhancing the mobilization base. The authors point out that mobilization is becoming a more viable US national security option. Case studies are used around raw materials of petroleum, ferroalloys, machine tools and semi-conductors which highlight common problems of diminishing domestic market share and growing reliance on foreign sector capacity, declining profits, research and development expense, a decline of skilled labour and economic decline in subsector industries

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword,
• I. Introduction
• II. The Relevance of the U.S. Industrial Base and Mobilization Capacity
• III. Where the U.S. Stands Today: Key Sectors and Case Studies
• IV. Alerting National Security Policy Makers to Economic Industrial Problems
• V. Economic Policy Options: Domestic and International
• VI. Conclusions and Recommendations
• Appendix A: Charts and Tables
• Appendix Β: Selected Bibliography
• About the Authors
• About the Institute
• Index