@ProfMarkWilson

History professor at UNC Charlotte. Research and writing on history of US military-industrial complex. Now at https://xitter.cf/t.co/Gdt5VFYjaQ

 Charlotte, NC
clas-pages.uncc.edu/mark-wilson/
Joined August 2012
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Just released in paperback, my prize-winning history of the US industrial mobilization for #WWII. As @billmckibben suggested a couple of years ago, it's a history worth knowing, for those interested in @MobilizeClimate & prospects for a #GreenNewDeal: amazon.com/dp/0812224310/ref…
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Just published, this edited volume has eighteen papers plus discussions from a conference held in January 2023. My essay in it surveys the history of US defense budget reform since the 1940s. bookshop.org/p/books/defense…

Defense Budgeting for a Safer World: The Experts Speak

America is facing the most dangerous and complex geopolitical environment since World War II. Ensuring the adequacy and flexibility of our defense budget is essential to keeping our nation secure and...

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Penn Press@PennPress12 Sep 2023
DESTRUCTIVE CREATION by @ProfMarkWilson—which explores the relationship between government and business during WWII military mobilization—is one of dozens of great paperbacks you can get for 50% off during our Back to School Sale! Browse the collection: pennpress.org/back-to-school…
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Penn Press@PennPress11 Aug 2023
THE MILITARY AND THE MARKET by @MittelstadtJen & @ProfMarkWilson provides "an excellent analysis of how the United Statea defense establishment shapes, and is shaped by, external economic trends," according to a new review from @Strategy_Bridge. Read more: ow.ly/XCQu50Px1Ak

#Reviewing The Military and the Market

Looking beyond more traditionally studied factors such as battlefield tactics, leadership, and military strategy, new studies under the general War and Society umbrella take into account social...

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A strange take by Tooze. True, US & UK didn’t do as much “dirty work” of land warfare. But instead they developed and fielded incredible new tech, along with massive output of needed items from government financed, privately operated new plant…
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@adam_tooze16 Jul 2023
Despite fond liberal imaginings, WWII was not won by New Deal or FDR's bomber program. At home USA barely broke sweat. Work of crushing Nazis done by Stalinist SU. If we are "declaring war on climate change", will it be China carrying fight this time? foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/15…

How Climate Change Has Supercharged the Left

Global warming could launch socialists to unprecedented power—and expose their movement’s deepest contradictions.

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At high levels of unionization and low levels of income and wealth inequality. The US-UK WWII model is a better one for present day challenges than Tooze suggests…
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Certainly it would be fair to suggest that today’s Congress is too polarized and dysfunctional to rise to the challenge.
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How can we improve conversations between political scientists and historians? See this new H-Diplo roundtable @rosellacappella and I curated, w/ contributions from @secolbourn, @JimGoldgeier, and @JordanMBecker, @BeatriceHeuser, Jeffrey Reynolds, and the late Bear Braumoeller.
Rosella Cappella Zielinski@rosellacappella28 Jun 2023
For security studies scholars it's imperative historians & political scientists talk w/each other. The job market, needs of APSIA & PME schools, being a part of the policy process all demand it. @ProfMarkWilson & I got the best of the best together to talk about how to do it
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What exactly is meant here by “1950s era contracting system”? Let’s please remember that that system created Silicon Valley in the first place, as it developed and fielded hyper-advanced new weapons, such as Polaris, in just a few years. 1/2
Eric Lipton
@EricLiptonNYT22 May 2023
Replying to @EricLiptonNYT
The Pentagon, in our story from today, is struggling to figure out how to rapidly acquire these new warfighting & surveillance tools. It's stuck with a 1950s era contracting system-built around giant prime contractors that generally don't innovate as fast as Silicon Valley types
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It’s obvious that you want more agility in defense acquisition. But much of today’s mainstream discourse, including this front page piece by @EricLiptonNYT, fails to do enough to discuss the ways in which the complaints from the smaller firms are misleading and self-serving. 2/2
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Congratulations to the co-winners of the Hagley Book Prize Hannah Farber and Alejandro Gómez del Moral #bizhis #BHC2023 @UnivNebPress @UNC_Press thebhc.org/hagley
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Last #BHC2023 sessions on #bizhis #war #professions #clusters and more starts at 🕛 4:30 pm on 📅 Saturday 18. RT if you see your name here, and post your thoughts if you attend any of these sessions. We would love to hear from you!
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Great lineups on Saturday at #BHC2023 with panels on #business and the #regulation, #sellinghistory, #state, #megaprojects and much more 📅Saturday March 18 2023 🕗8 am - 9:30 More programming here thebhc.org/meeting-program/3…
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Penn Press@PennPress9 Mar 2023
LISTEN: @MittelstadtJen, @ProfMarkWilson, and @KaraDixonVuic discuss the new edited volume THE MILITARY AND THE MARKET with @jessicaannlevy on the @WhoMakesCents podcast: ow.ly/izbf50NeLZx
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Replying to @ProfMarkWilson
@ProfMarkWilson @KaraDixonVuic & I had a great time talking with @jessicaannlevy @WhoMakesCents about #TheMilitaryandtheMarket, our edited volume from @PennPress. Another chance to showcase the work of our fantastic contributors like those on twitter @_TimBarker @SarahWeicksel
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1. Here's the backstory on what Elizabeth Warren is saying and why it's so important. First let's start by noting policy about how big a military we need is different than how to organize the industrial policy behind it. Warren here is discussing industrial policy.
Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren24 Feb 2023
In the 1990s, America had 51 major contractors bidding for defense work. Today, there are only five massive companies remaining. Defense contracting should be reworked to break up the massive contracts awarded to the big guys and create opportunities for firms of all sizes.
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Penn Press@PennPress15 Dec 2022
THE MILITARY AND THE MARKET, edited by @MittelstadtJen and @ProfMarkWilson, collects new scholarship exploring two centuries of history of the U.S. military’s vast and varied economic operations. Get it for 40% off plus free shipping with code HOLIDAY22-FM ow.ly/mRsF50M3OBf

The Military and the Market – Penn Press

Throughout its history, the U.S. military has worked in close connection to market-based institutions and structures. It has run systems of free and unfree l...

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Marketplace
@Marketplace7 Dec 2022
Undersecretary of Defense William LaPlante talks weapons acquisition, the defense funding bill and the war in Ukraine. Plus, streaming platforms, airlines and the future of meat. Today on Marketplace. mktplc.org/3UC1D6m
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Be sure to grab a copy of the book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-mil…

The Military and the Market

Throughout its history, the U.S. military has worked in close connection to market-based institutions and structures. It has run systems of free and unfree labor, taken over private sector firms, and...

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This was way more fun than a podcast ought to be. @ProfMarkWilson & I enjoyed talking ideology, capitalism, and the military, both in the past and today w/ Danny. And from Derek -- the big looming question at the end - are we headed toward a fully privatized military?
American Prestige@AmPrestigePod29 Nov 2022
Danny and Derek speak to @MittelstadtJen and Mark Wilson about their edited volume "The Military and the Market". They get into the history of military-market relations dating back to the founding of the United States and where they stand today. americanprestigepod.com/p/e7…
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