A chapter title about private builders leads directly to the financial machinery of total war. Government and taxpayer money paid for facilities, labour, and production inside nominally private factories. Ownership therefore tells only part of the story when the state is pooling national resources and underwriting capacity. Industrial mobilization here means coordinated public finance applied across public and private institutions.
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Total war pools public money and private production
Government payment for facilities and work inside private factories illustrates what full wartime economic mobilization actually requires.