Ben Smith
6/28/15
In the section Home Front USA, of the World War Z, brooks writes about an interview done in Taos, New Mexico with Arthur Sinclair, who is the head of Americas DeStRes (Department of Strategic Resources). In this part is discusses how they called everything West of the Rockies a "safe zone" and it talked about how Sinclair was put in charge of getting America back on its feet. He tried to do this by bringing back the main principles that lead to Americas victory in World War II, that being: the ability to manufacturer material, Natural Resources for that material, and Transportation for that material. They accomplished that by first utilizing California's great agriculture and then recycling anything that could be moderately used. One thing that I found interesting was how Sinclair brought up the point that they were having trouble because not everyone had the necessary skills and that is due to the fact of Americas Pre-war culture. This means that the people before the war were executives and analysts and not handyman or someone with manufacturing skills. This just shows for me that in dire situations it doesn't matter how much money you make or what car you drove it just matters on the skills you have and the time and if they are applicable to the situation.
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