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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