War Economy: 1939-1942
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia faced an unprecedented economic transformation — one that would reshape every corner of the nation's financial, industrial, and social fabric. War Economy: 1939–1942 chronicles the critical early years of Australia's wartime economic mobilisation, detailing how government policy, resource allocation, and financial strategy were urgently reconfigured to meet the demands of a global conflict. S. J. Butlin presents a rigorous and authoritative account of the mechanisms through which a peacetime economy was rapidly converted into a machine capable of sustaining a nation at war, from labour market controls and rationing to fiscal policy and wartime finance. Part of the official Australian history of the Second World War, this volume stands as a landmark work of economic and military scholarship, distinguished by Butlin's meticulous research and precise analytical prose. It illuminates the immense administrative challenges faced by Australian policymakers and the often-invisible civilian effort that underpinned the military campaign in the Pacific. As the opening instalment in the war economy series, it sets the stage for a broader reckoning with how Australia survived — and was irrevocably changed by — its most defining modern conflict.
Author: S. J. Butlin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Australian War Memorial
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia faced an unprecedented economic transformation — one that would reshape every corner of the nation's financial, industrial, and social fabric. War Economy: 1939–1942 chronicles the critical early years of Australia's wartime economic mobilisation, detailing how government policy, resource allocation, and financial strategy were urgently reconfigured to meet the demands of a global conflict. S. J. Butlin presents a rigorous and authoritative account of the mechanisms through which a peacetime economy was rapidly converted into a machine capable of sustaining a nation at war, from labour market controls and rationing to fiscal policy and wartime finance. Part of the official Australian history of the Second World War, this volume stands as a landmark work of economic and military scholarship, distinguished by Butlin's meticulous research and precise analytical prose. It illuminates the immense administrative challenges faced by Australian policymakers and the often-invisible civilian effort that underpinned the military campaign in the Pacific. As the opening instalment in the war economy series, it sets the stage for a broader reckoning with how Australia survived — and was irrevocably changed by — its most defining modern conflict.