This is a completely new interpretation of the First World War. Dr. Offer weaves together the economic and social history of the English-speaking world, the Pacific Basin, and Germany, with the development of food production and consumption. The roots of Germany's defeat went back to the late-Victorian decline of British agriculture and the development of Canada, Australia, and the United States as agrarian exporters, while the agrarian interests of America and Australia were crucial in shaping the peace. The book examines the relation between economic and military power, and legal and moral questions of selecting civilians as a strategic target.…mehr
This is a completely new interpretation of the First World War. Dr. Offer weaves together the economic and social history of the English-speaking world, the Pacific Basin, and Germany, with the development of food production and consumption. The roots of Germany's defeat went back to the late-Victorian decline of British agriculture and the development of Canada, Australia, and the United States as agrarian exporters, while the agrarian interests of America and Australia were crucial in shaping the peace. The book examines the relation between economic and military power, and legal and moral questions of selecting civilians as a strategic target.
List of plates List of tables List of figures Introduction: Economic and social interpretation of the First World War Part I: How was Germany defeated?: Society under siege: Germany, 1914-1918 Food reform and food science Did Germany really starve? Food and the German State Collapse Part II: The Agrarian Bond: The United States, Canada, and Australia: Late-Victorian Britain - an import economy Causes of the Agricultural Depression, 1870-1924 The sod House against the manor house `Like rats in a trap' - British urban society and overseas opportunties Coast, interior, and metropolis Wheat and Empire in Canada Asian labour on the Pacific rim: The struggle for exclusion, 1860-1907 Part III: The Atlantic ori entation: Fear of famine in British war plans, 1890-1908 Power and plenty: Naval mercantilism, 1905-1908 The dominion dimension Morality and Admiralty: `Jacky' Fisher, economic warfare, and International law Blockade and its enemies, 1909-1912 Preparation and action, 1912-1914 Part IV: The other side of the North Sea: Economic development and national security in Wilhelmian Germany Germany: Economic preparation and the decision for war `A second decision for war' - The U-boat campaign Neither dominion nor peace: Germany after the Armistice Conclusion List of sources cited Index
List of plates List of tables List of figures Introduction: Economic and social interpretation of the First World War Part I: How was Germany defeated?: Society under siege: Germany, 1914-1918 Food reform and food science Did Germany really starve? Food and the German State Collapse Part II: The Agrarian Bond: The United States, Canada, and Australia: Late-Victorian Britain - an import economy Causes of the Agricultural Depression, 1870-1924 The sod House against the manor house `Like rats in a trap' - British urban society and overseas opportunties Coast, interior, and metropolis Wheat and Empire in Canada Asian labour on the Pacific rim: The struggle for exclusion, 1860-1907 Part III: The Atlantic ori entation: Fear of famine in British war plans, 1890-1908 Power and plenty: Naval mercantilism, 1905-1908 The dominion dimension Morality and Admiralty: `Jacky' Fisher, economic warfare, and International law Blockade and its enemies, 1909-1912 Preparation and action, 1912-1914 Part IV: The other side of the North Sea: Economic development and national security in Wilhelmian Germany Germany: Economic preparation and the decision for war `A second decision for war' - The U-boat campaign Neither dominion nor peace: Germany after the Armistice Conclusion List of sources cited Index
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