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8%OFFNicholas A. Lambert - Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War - 9780674061491 - V9780674061491
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Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War

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Description for Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War Hardback. Before World War I, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory over Germany--economic warfare on an unprecedented scale. The secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping to create an implosion of the world economic system. The plan was never fully implemented. Num Pages: 662 pages, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JPS; JWK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1140.

Before the First World War, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory in the event of war with Germany-economic warfare on an unprecedented scale.This secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's effective monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping-the essential infrastructure underpinning global trade-to create a controlled implosion of the world economic system.

In this revisionist account, Nicholas Lambert shows in lively detail how naval planners persuaded the British political leadership that systematic disruption of the global economy could bring about German military paralysis. After the outbreak of hostilities, the government shied away from full ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
662
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
662
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674061491
SKU
V9780674061491
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99-1

About Nicholas A. Lambert
Nicholas A. Lambert is Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London. His first book, Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution, won the Distinguished Book Prize from the Society for Military History.

Reviews for Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War
A magnificent achievement, one of the most important books in decades on the origins and conduct of the Great War. Lambert offers a complete rethinking of British strategy before and into the war. Readers will be feasting on this rich meal for years.
Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., University of the South, emeritus Lambert sheds important new light on why ... Read more

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