Arming the Western Front
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Arming the Western Front
War, Business and the State in Britain 1900-1920
Lloyd-Jones, Roger; Lewis, M.J.
Taylor & Francis Ltd
06/2016
432
Dura
Inglês
9780754666134
15 a 20 dias
725
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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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armaments;lloyd;duty;george;excess;large;firms;industrial;profits;warfare;Large Armaments Firms;Joint Industrial Councils;Dudley Docker;Armaments Firms;Western Front;Excess Profits Duty;Armaments Output Committee;Von Donop;Royal Ordnance Factories;Industrial Warfare;War Cabinet;National Projectile Factories;BEF;British Armaments Industry;Naval Force;War Office Contracts;Munitions Supply;Textile Machine Makers;War Office;Industrial War;Vulcan Foundry;Battle Of The Somme;Munitions Output;Sir John French;Industrial Battlefield
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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armaments;lloyd;duty;george;excess;large;firms;industrial;profits;warfare;Large Armaments Firms;Joint Industrial Councils;Dudley Docker;Armaments Firms;Western Front;Excess Profits Duty;Armaments Output Committee;Von Donop;Royal Ordnance Factories;Industrial Warfare;War Cabinet;National Projectile Factories;BEF;British Armaments Industry;Naval Force;War Office Contracts;Munitions Supply;Textile Machine Makers;War Office;Industrial War;Vulcan Foundry;Battle Of The Somme;Munitions Output;Sir John French;Industrial Battlefield
