British Economic and Strategic Planning

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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David French, Lecturer in Modern Political History, University College, London

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Nineteenth-century political economy and the problem of war

2. The strategy of 'business as usual'

3. Munitions and the Edwardian army

4. Economic planning for 'business as usual'

5. The limits of prewar planning

6. The July crisis

7. The Failure of 'business as usual'

8. Kitchener and the creation of the 'Nation in Arms', August-December 1914

9. The war in France, 1914-15

10. Lloyd George and Total war

11. Conclusion: The unresolved dilemmas of economic strategy