BOOK REVIEW : THE WORKERS' WAR : BRITISH INDUSTRY AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

 

This book, published in 2014, is another from my library. It covers, by chapter, all the important industries in Britain and how they contributed to the war effort. Although much of the content is fairly well known, there are some interesting new bits of information. However the most valuable aspect of the book is that it brings together in one book a large part of the story of how the British economy supported the war effort.

Of course there is only a comparatively limited amount on each industry but other sources are available if you need greater detail on anything in particular. That said it does really focus the mind on the enormous volume of materials and goods produced during the war, in many cases from a zero baseline. Britain was still, at the time, the workshop of the world and out produced all other countries even the US in terms of military hardware.

Overall a good introduction into the impressive feats of British industry and workers during the war.