Financing the War

Klappentext To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Now! key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks! each complete in itself! and with a new introduction by the author. This volume is the first full history of how the war was financed. It resulted in hyper-inflation in the 1920s and! in due course! in New York's displacement of London as the world's money market. Its effects are still with us today. Zusammenfassung "To Arms" is Hew Strachan's study of the opening of the First World War. This volume is the full history of how the war was financed. It resulted in hyper-inflation in the 1920s and, in due course, in New York's displacement of London as the world's money market. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Gold Standard 3: Financial Mobilization 4: The Loss of Budgetary Control 5: Taxation 6: Domestic Borrowing 7: Foreign Borowing

Product details

• Authors: Hew Strachan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2004
• EAN: 9780199257270
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925727-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 16 mm
• Series: The First World War; First World War (Oxford); The First World War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries