Army, Industry and Labour in Germany, 1914-1918

Informationen zum Autor Gerald Feldman Professor of History,University of California, Berkeley Klappentext This innovative study by one of the leading specialists in the field examines the social and economic role of the German army in the nation's internal affairs during World War I. Zusammenfassung This innovative study by one of the leading specialists in the field examines the social and economic role of the German army in the nation's internal affairs during the First World War. This was the area in which the influence of the army was most direct and profound. Germany's wartime economic mobilisation was both planned and directed by the army! and as a consequence of this largely unanticipated responsibility! the army was compelled to cope with the great social conflicts of Imperial Germany. In the process of confronting the groups representing army and labour! the army paved the way for the establishment of collective bargaining in Germany and also created the foundations for the postwar inflation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Sociopolitical Background2. Burgfrieden and Law of Siege Part One: The Old Regime and the Dilemmas of Total War 1. The Production, Manpower, and Social Policies of the Prussian War Ministry, 1914-19162. The Army and the Internal Crisis, 1914-1916: Image and Reality Part Two: Total Mobilization and Interest-Group Politics 3. Hindenburg Program and War Office: The Triumph of Heavy Industry4. The Auxiliary Service Bill and the Triumph of Labour Part Three: The War Office Under the Leadership of General Groener 5. The War Office and the Problems of Production and Organization, December 1916 - August 19176. The War Office and the Social Problem (1): The Failure of the Auxiliary Service Law and the First Major Strikes7. The War Office and the Social Problem (2): The Great Crisis and the Dismissal of Groener, May - August 1917 Part Four: The Failure of the Army 8. The Ludendorff "Dictatorship," August 1917 - February 19189. Germany in the Concluding Months of the War: The Defeat and the Search for a ScapegoatEpilogueAppendixBibliographical NotePublished SourcesIndex...

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Feldman, Gerald D. Feldman
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.1992
• EAN: 9780854967643
• ISBN: 978-0-85496-764-3
• No. of pages: 586
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Legacy of the Great War; The Legacy of the Great War
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Sociology: work & labour, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Land forces & warfare, Sociology: work and labour, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces