OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS COMPLETE SET OF TWELVE VOLUMES :: The Great War :: Time Periods

Volume I - Industrial Mobilisations 1914-1915 Volume II - General Organization for Munitions Supply Volume III - Finance and Contracts Volume IV - The Supply and Control of Labour 1915-16 Volume V - Wages and Warfare Volume VI - Manpower and Dilution Volume VII - The Control of Materials Volume VIII - Control of Industrial Capacity and Equipment Volume IX - Review of Munitions Supply Volume X - The Supply of Munitions Volume XI - The Supply of Munitions Volume XII - The Supply of Munitions

With our republication of the Official History of the Munitions 1915–1919, we are making available to a wide public an important yet rare work from the Great War which, owing to its original restricted availability, even many experts have never seen before. If you’re serious about your Great War history this set of 12 volumes is a must. Originally only 250 copies were produced and distributed to university and special libraries throughout Great Britain. Four libraries in each Dominion and legislature libraries in the USA also held sets, meaning that very few are held now by private individuals, collectors or historians. The foundation of the Munitions Ministry was a revolutionary step, coinciding with the ‘shells scandal’ in which the failure of a series of British attacks: Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos – was blamed on inadequate supplies of munitions. A press outcry was followed by questions in Parliament which threatened to bring down the Government. The Ministry was set up in response. Previously, the War Office had been responsible for designing, ordering and inspecting ammunition factories and stores. But a year of war on a scale never foreseen, the creation of armies larger than ever contemplated, and the demand for unprecedented quantities of matériel showed the absolute necessity of providing centralised direction of mass war production. The Great War completely upset normal industrial conditions. The individual was giving way to mass collective organisation, and society was rapidly changing from the leisurely pre-war Edwardian era to the modern epoch of mass mobilisation and production. Preparing this history of the Ministry of Munitions was started during the War itself. It was felt that consulting the officials concerned whilst they were still in post was vital, particularly as many such posts were temporary, and while the questions with which the history would deal were vividly present in their minds. The scope of this work forms the cornerstone of any serious study of the Great War covering both the Theatres of War and the Home Front, and we are pleased to bring it to a wider audience some 86 years after its first, highly restricted, publication. The Official History of the Ministry of Munitions 1915–1919 is available in Hardback and Softback sets of 12 volumes; it is also available as individual volumes, again in both Soft and Hardback.

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Product Code:	MM13
Author:	Compiled by HMSO
ISBN:	9781847348876
Format:	NMP facsimile reprint of original edition SB
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Our Price:	£195.00 January sale price: £156.00