War Economy
Contents
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Contents
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PREFACE | v | |
PRELUDE: THE WAR EFFORT | 1 | |
1 | PRE-WAR ECONOMY | 4 |
2 | PREPARATION FOR WAR | 27 |
SOME NOTEWORTHY PRE-WAR EVENTS | 51 | |
3 | FROM PEACE TO WAR | 54 |
4 | THE DEMANDS OF WAR | 70 |
5 | INCREASING PRESSURE ON MANPOWER | 81 |
6 | PROBLEMS OF SUPPLY | 105 |
7 | MANUFACTURING UNDER WAR CONDITIONS | 147 |
8 | WARTIME FARMING | 181 |
9 | DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION | 220 |
10 | THE FINANCIAL COST OF WAR | 251 |
11 | THE QUEST FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY | 278 |
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF WAR | 293 | |
12 | ECONOMIC STABILISATION | 298 |
13 | WAR CONTRACTS | 341 |
14 | TRADE AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS | 366 |
15 | TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES | 391 |
16 | FUEL, POWER, AND SERVICES FOR PRODUCTION | 423 |
17 | LIVING AND WORKING IN A WAR ECONOMY | 443 |
18 | EASING THE STRAIN | 481 |
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF WAR | 499 | |
19 | FROM WAR TO PEACE | 502 |
20 | RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT | 532 |
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS SINCE THE WAR | 574 | |
APPENDIX I: Statistical Tables | 581 | |
APPENDIX II: Items in the Wartime Prices Index | 639 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 644 | |
INDEX | 651 |