Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War

by Christopher Phillips and Christopher Phillips

Book Overview

The First World War was the first great conflict to be fought between highly industrial societies able to manufacture and transport immense quantities of goods to the field of battle. This book analyses the multiple connections between the military, the government and the senior executives of some of pre-war Britain's largest companies, and shows how non-military expertise was deployed in the prosecution of war. Civilian Specialists at War reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909646970
• ISBN13: 9781909646971
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of London Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"