Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1. The economics of World War II: an overview Mark Harrison; 2. The United Kingdom: 'Victory at all costs' Stephen Broadberry and Peter Howlett; 3. The United States: from ploughshares to swords Hugh Rockoff; 4. Germany: guns, butter and economic miracles Werner Abelshauser; 5. Italy: how to lose the war and win the peace Vera Zamagni; 6. Japan: guns before rice Akira Hara; 7. The Soviet Union: the defeated victor Mark Harrison; Bibliography; Index.
A new quantitative view of the wartime economic experiences of six great powers.
Mark Harrison writes about the history and economics of Russia, conflict, defence and security. He is a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. He is also a research fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham and of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.
'How this mobilization [of economic resources] was carried out, and
with what consequences, is the subject of this magnificent
collection of essays... [it is] the best analysis yet available of
the war economies of the major Allied and Axis powers. The book is
filled with original statistical material. Each contributor, even
for economies where much is already known - Britain, the United
States and Germany - has supplied a lively text, peppered with
fresh insights and new perspectives. For countries where the basic
wartime economic narrative is not yet available to English-speakers
- Japan, Italy, the Soviet Union - the contributors have done a
remarkable job in providing the quantitative framework without
which no comparison can effectively be drawn between the economic
war efforts of the six.' Richard Overy, The Times Literary
Supplement
'Here is no commonplace collective volume, but a splendidly
organised compendium of reference and interpretation for all
readers interested in the war and an indispensable base for all
further enquiry into it.' Alan Milward, The Times Higher Education
Supplement
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