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viii, 651 p. ; 25 cm "Before 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

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Author

Nicholas A Lambert; Raymond A Zilinskas

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674063068

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Economics