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American State Autonomy via the Military? Another Counterattack on a Theoretical Delusion

Adlai E. Stevenson College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

This paper presents a critique of the claim in Gregory Hooks' Forging the Military-Industrial Complex (1991) that the industrial mobilization for Word War II led to autonomy for the Pentagon. It argues instead that a coalition of corporate leaders and military officers dominated decision-making on industrial mobilization, despite opposition from a New Deal, liberal/labor coalition rooted in unions, universities, government appointments, and the mass media. It criticizes the state autonomy theory group for adopting a style of theorizing that relies almost exclusively on secondary sources in making new and controversial claims.

Critical Sociology, Vol. 18, No. 3, 9-56 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/089692059101800302


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