Summary Of The Impact Of Second World War On America

Impact of Second World War on America
The Second World War has a significant impact on the global political, economic and academic affairs. It is from this war that the United States rose to become the World’s super power. In his text titled From the Outside In: World War II and the American State¸ Bartholomew H. Sparrow discusses how the war impacted the growth of the federal government, the main focus being on labor management relations, public finance, social security and naval procurement. Currently a professor at the University of Texas teaching American Political Development, Sparrow offers an interesting perspective in the Second World War and its effect on the American internal affairs, proposing a new model of state building in the process. The paper critique’s Sparrow’s text, arguing that it offers a well-informed perspective into war-time politics and how wars form the basis of economic and political growth.
Sparrow starts by highlighting the relationship between states and war. He says “States make wars, wars makes states.” He goes ahead to mentioned how different wars in the American history helped
He seems to be in support of this theory, but adds a new twist by incorporating the resource dependence perspective as put forward by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald Salancik. By referring to the resource dependence theory, Sparrow is able to clearly show how the government of the time had to secure its resources in face of external constraints during the war. Incorporating the theories proposed by other scholars also gives the text more credibility and goes to show that the author is well familiar with the topic he is discussing. The fact that he is a professor whose specialty is American Political Development further informs the readers that has adequate expertise and credentials in this