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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789033803321

Autore

Feldman Gerald D

Titolo

Army, industry and labor in Germany 1914-1918 / / Gerald D. Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury, , [1992]

©1992

ISBN

1-4725-7799-X

1-4725-7798-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (609 p.)

Collana

Legacy of the Great War

Disciplina

338.0943

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Economic aspects - Germany

Manpower policy - Germany - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in 1992 by Berg Publishers, Inc."--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. The old regime and the dilemmas of total war -- part two. Total mobilization and interest-group politics -- part three. The war office under the leadership of General Groener -- part four. The failure of the army.

Sommario/riassunto

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 fo