Arming the Western Front

Arming the Western Front

War, Business and the State in Britain 1900-1920

Lloyd-Jones, Roger; Lewis, M. J.

Taylor & Francis Inc

10/2017

Mole

Inglês

9780815366836

15 a 20 dias

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Contents: Introduction; The road to war: the Edwardian economy, military preparedness, and war planning; The pre-war procurement system: the War Office, the Admiralty, and the private armaments producers; 'Business as usual' and the challenges of war; The rise of the engineer's war and the origins of the Ministry of Munitions; The Ministry of Munitions and industrial warfare; Producing for the industrial battlefield: the Ministry of Munitions and the Somme; Oh what a costly war: managing and paying for industrial warfare; Coping with crisis: the war economy in 1917; The intractable problem of manpower: the western front and the home front in transition; The transition to a peace economy and the challenge of reconstruction, 1918-1920; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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