1. WW1 - the home fronts
The ineffectiveness of the controls regarding economic life that were implemented by the German government resulted in the influence of total war being much more detrimental to the war effort than was the case in Britain. ... This civilian organisation was given extensive powers over labour, manufacturing and transport and resulted in the breakdown of food distribution, deterioation of the transport system and growing anti-war sentiments due a decline in living standards. ... Carr believes the effects of " the state intervening so actively in the regulation of the economy (was that) ordinar...
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