The Economics of World War I

Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. His previous books include The Productivity Race: British Manufacturing in International Perspective (1997). 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.

• Introduction Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison; 1. The economics of World War I: an overview Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison; 2. The pity of peace: Germany's economy at war, 1914–1918 and beyond Albrecht Ritschl; 3. Austria-Hungary's economy in World War I Max-Stephan Schulze; 4. The Ottoman economy in World War I Sevket Pamuk; 5. Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the Dutch economy during World War I Herman de Jong; 6. Was the Great War a watershed? The economics of World War I in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur; 7. The United Kingdom during World War I: business as usual? Stephen Broadberry and Peter Howlett; 8. Poor Russia, poor show: mobilising a backward economy for war, 1914–1917 Peter Gatrell; 9. Italy at war, 1915–1918 Francesco Galassi and Mark Harrison; 10. Until its over, over there: the US economy in World War I Hugh Rockoff; Index.

"...a quite useful reference work, in addition to its importance as a description and analytical interpretation of the impact of warfare...all of the essays are written clearly, present considerable data, and are analytically sophisticated. This is a superb collection on a very important topic, and will repay reading by all economic historians."- EH.NET, Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester