War Economy
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| PREFACE | v | |
| PRELUDE: THE WAR EFFORT | 1 | |
| 1 | PRE-WAR ECONOMY | 4 |
| 2 | PREPARATION FOR WAR | 27 |
| SOME NOTEWORTHY PRE-WAR EVENTS | 51 | |
| 3 | FROM PEACE TO WAR | 54 |
| 4 | THE DEMANDS OF WAR | 70 |
| 5 | INCREASING PRESSURE ON MANPOWER | 81 |
| 6 | PROBLEMS OF SUPPLY | 105 |
| 7 | MANUFACTURING UNDER WAR CONDITIONS | 147 |
| 8 | WARTIME FARMING | 181 |
| 9 | DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION | 220 |
| 10 | THE FINANCIAL COST OF WAR | 251 |
| 11 | THE QUEST FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY | 278 |
| NOTEWORTHY EVENTS IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF WAR | 293 | |
| 12 | ECONOMIC STABILISATION | 298 |
| 13 | WAR CONTRACTS | 341 |
| 14 | TRADE AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS | 366 |
| 15 | TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES | 391 |
| 16 | FUEL, POWER, AND SERVICES FOR PRODUCTION | 423 |
| 17 | LIVING AND WORKING IN A WAR ECONOMY | 443 |
| 18 | EASING THE STRAIN | 481 |
| NOTEWORTHY EVENTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF WAR | 499 | |
| 19 | FROM WAR TO PEACE | 502 |
| 20 | RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT | 532 |
| NOTEWORTHY EVENTS SINCE THE WAR | 574 | |
| APPENDIX I: Statistical Tables | 581 | |
| APPENDIX II: Items in the Wartime Prices Index | 639 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 644 | |
| INDEX | 651 |
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