“In every battle, there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.” -- Ulysses S. Grant

General Grant commanded Union armies in the American Civil War. The American Civil War was when the industrial age and warfare became fully acquainted, resulting in incomprehensible death and destruction. While before that remarkable contest, armies were accustomed to professional militaries maneuvering on the frontiers with agreed-upon rules, the Civil War degenerated into trench warfare in its later stages as armies burrowed into the ground to shelter from raining metal, not too dissimilar from what is going on in Donbas. As the “total war” that defined the first half of the twentieth century began, industrial capacity became as important as the fighting spirit for victory. Indeed, a modern amendment to this quote could be “he who continues to produce wins.”

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During the Second World War, America’s industrial might ensure her victory more than any other national characteristic. On May 26, well before the United States entered into the war, President Roosevelt held a fireside chat in which he or...

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