Manufacturing and the Great War

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  • Name Government procurement
  • Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
  • Name Worker / employee & work, women alone

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Deals with the increase in munitions production to meet war demand, role of Ministry of Munitions in this, the recruitment of women into the workforce and the use of training to facilitate production, the contrasting experience of the outcome of particular battles, the role of manufacturing in achieving victory, etc. See the writer's 'Manufacturing and the Great War', Routledge, 2018