Mark Harrison (ed.)

The Economics of World War II

Herausgeber: Harrison, Mark

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a new quantitative view of the wartime economic experiences of six great powers: the UK, the USA, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USSR. The result of an international collaborative project, it embodies the latest in economic analysis and historical research.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Macroeconomic History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780521785037
• ISBN-10: 0521785030
• Artikelnr.: 21589813

Inhaltsangabe

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.