demobilization

(noun)

The disorganization or disarming of troops who were previously mobilized or called into active service, along with an overall change from a war climate to peace.

Related Terms

Examples of demobilization in the following topics:

  • Economic Hardship and Labor Upheaval During the Transition to Peace

    • The Wilson administration did not fully plan for the process of demobilization following the war and even with some advisers attempting to direct the president's attention to "reconstruction," his tepid support for a federal commission to oversee the change evaporated after the election of 1918.
    • Demobilization proved chaotic and violent.
    • Rapid demobilization of the military had occurred without plans to absorb veterans, both black and white.

  • The "Nadir of Race Relations" and the Great Migration

    • The years during and after World War I saw profound social tensions in the United States, not only because of the effects of the Great Migration and European immigration but also due to demobilization and the competition for jobs with returning veterans.
    • A lack of plans for demobilization after World War I exacerbated racial and economic tensions in many cities across the U.S.

  • Racial Friction

    • This resulted in postwar social tensions related to the demobilization of veterans of World War I, both black and white, and competition for jobs among ethnic whites and blacks.
    • Following the war, rapid demobilization of the military without a plan for absorbing veterans into the job market, and the removal of price controls, led to unemployment and inflation, which further increased competition for jobs.
    • A lack of plans for demobilization after World War I exacerbated racial and economic tensions in many cities across the U.S.

  • Labor-Management Relations Act

    • The Taft–Hartley Act was seen as a means of demobilizing the labor movement by imposing limits on labor's ability to strike and by prohibiting radicals from their leadership.

  • The Stamp Act

    • The primary reason for retaining such a large force was that demobilizing the army would put 1,500 officers, many of whom were well-connected in Parliament, out of work.

  • National Labor Relations Act

    • The act was a means of demobilizing the labor movement by imposing limits on labor's ability to strike and by prohibiting radicals from their leadership.

  • Peacetime Politics

    • With the war's sudden end and an immediate clamor for demobilization, little work had been done to plan how best to transition to peacetime production of goods while avoiding mass unemployment for returning veterans.

  • Conclusion: The Legacy of WWI

    • The Wilson administration, however, had not fully planned for the rapid demobilization of troops who returned to America without jobs.

  • Elements of Reform

    • The War Prohibition Act, November, 1918, forbade the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages (more than 2.75% alcohol content) until the end of demobilization.