WW2 British War Economy By W.K Hancock Ministers Copy

For sale is an original 1st edition Hardcover book WW2 British War Economy By W K Hancock His Majesty’s Stationary Office 1949, marked inside the front cover “Ministers Copy” also marked inside is a number of page numbers, and when you turn to these page numbers there are underlined sections, which would have been used by ministers in the House of Commons. 

  An extract from this book is as follows;    “BRITISH WAR ECONOMY opens a series of histories which has no precedent. In 1942 the War Cabinet decided that the social economic and administrative experience of the war should be submitted to scientific study. For this purpose it granted to a team of professional historians and econo- mists freedom of access to all relevant materials.   BRITISH WAR ECONOMY records the mobilisation of economic resources in the. years 1939-45. Since economics and strategy were closely intertwined throughout the war, the book is divided into broad periods marked by great strategical landmarks-the fall of France, Pearl Harbour, the invasion of Normandy. Each part opens with a chapter briefly describing the strategical background and the central organisation of government. Successive chapters then examine the expan- sion of the economy and its balance, the capacity to procure and transport supplies from overseas, the mobilisation of manpower, the condition of the basic industries, the effect of the war drive upon civilian standards and upon the economy as a whole. The United Kingdom's war-time record has been put in its proper international setting. Economic aid to Russia and the war- economic partnerships with France and the United States have been carefully examined. The theme of the book is the effort of war and not its consequences. Nevertheless, the story of mobilisation contains by implication the story of the cost of the war-or a great deal of it. As this book explains in detail, part of the cost was borne by the current sacrifices of the people, but there was another part which was bound to be a long-continuing burden. What the burden is will be more clearly understood when its origins are explained. The war-time origins of the State- controlled economy and of many of today's problems are also explained in this book. The post-war economy of Britain differs fundamentally from that of pre-war years; British War Economy examines the experience from which these profound changes sprang.”     This will be sent via royal mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.