Author: HURSTFIELD, J.
Title: The Control of Raw Materials.
Description: HMSO and Longmans, Green and Co., 1953. Hardcover. Gilt to title on spine. Small ex-libris plate to inside front cover. minor light stain/mark to front cover, front edge of rear cover lightly bumpoed, corners lightly bumped, slight rubbing to external hinges, some foxing to endpapers, otherwise good condition. No dustjacket. Author was provided to free access to official documents, sections include Preparations for the Supply of Raw Mateials in Time of War; The Requirements of Raw Materials; The Supply of Raw Materials. Chapters include Planning the Requirements of War; The Machinery and Men for Raw Materials Control; the Character and Development of Munitions Requirements; Import Policy and Programmes Until Pearl Harbour; Anglo-French Raw Materials Problems: An Experiment in Collaboration; Anglo-American Supply Relations Until Pearl Harbour; Anglo-American Supply Relations in 1942; and Preparing for Victory: Anglo-American Relations, 1943-45. Appendices include Some Lessons of the First World War; Estiamted Requirements for the First Year of War (as at 31st May 1939); Summary of Raw Material Stocks, 1939-45 etc. 530pp.

Keywords: second world war history social economy economic policy logisitcs logistical allies allied england great britain united states of america france french materials supply chain chains