Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index.
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.
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