Britain, France, and the financing of the First World War
By: Martin Horn.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- Great Britain.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- France.; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Finances -- Grande-Bretagne.; Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Finances -- France.
Description: "Fighting the First World War consumed lives, material, and money. Millions died; more suffered. By war's end, the political map of Europe had been redrawn as empires disappeared and new states arose. Britain, France, and the Financing of the First World War traces the financial contours of the war, showing that victory flowed from the ability to arm and feed mass armies as well as the capacity to raise money.

Britain financed the war not only to win but also to preserve its prewar financial dominance: France financed it to survive and to ensure that the stability of the Third Republic was not threatened."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3; title: 1 Finance, War, and Foreign Policy before 1914 7; title: 2 AShortWar, 1914-1915 28; title: 3 Relations with the United States, 1914-1915 57; title: 4 ALongWar, 1915-1918 76; title: 5 The Debate over Finance and Resources in 1915 93; title: 6 The Collapse of France 117; title: 7 The Dollar Problem 142; title: 8 A New World 166; title: Conclusion 183.