Munitions control expanded into raw materials, power, labor, and research

Evidence

Control of munitions production soon led to control of essential raw materials, factory space, and sources of power and labor (see Wrigley in Burk 1982, 46). Th ese ministries also developed research departments for technical innovations and conducted experiments in chemistry, physics, electronics, and other fi elds. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 141

Categorization

• XREF: State war mobilization as precursor to military-industrial R&D connects to readings on the defense economy. — connects to: War transformed open scientific exchange into guarded state secrets — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 733

Broader Connections

• War transformed open scientific exchange into guarded state secrets #expands (0.72) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 733