LEADER 03752nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910461267603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06306-6 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674063068 035 $a(CKB)2670000000137015 035 $a(OCoLC)770009265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10522593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000571129 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12254362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571129 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10618242 035 $a(PQKB)11739112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301028 035 $a(DE-B1597)178113 035 $a(OCoLC)840445522 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674063068 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301028 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10522593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000137015 100 $a20110222d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlanning Armageddon$b[electronic resource] $eBritish economic warfare and the First World War /$fNicholas A. Lambert 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (662 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-06149-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tMap -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Pre-War 1901-1914 -- $tThe Short War 1914-1915 -- $tThe Long War 1915-1916 -- $tConclusions -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tPrimary Sources -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aBefore 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 implementation upon realizing the extent of likely collateral damage-political, social, economic, and diplomatic-to both Britain and neutral countries. Woodrow Wilson in particular bristled at British restrictions on trade. A new, less disruptive approach to economic coercion was hastily improvised. The result was the blockade, ostensibly intended to starve Germany. It proved largely ineffective because of the massive political influence of economic interests on national ambitions and the continued interdependencies of all countries upon the smooth functioning of the global trading system.Lambert's interpretation entirely overturns the conventional understanding of British strategy in the early part of the First World War and underscores the importance in any analysis of strategic policy of understanding Clausewitz's "political conditions of war." 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xEconomic aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aSea-power$xEconomic aspects$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xEconomic policy$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSea-power$xEconomic aspects 676 $a940.3/1 700 $aLambert$b Nicholas A.$f1967-$01057375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461267603321 996 $aPlanning Armageddon$92492613 997 $aUNINA