Title The war lords and the Gallipoli disaster : how globalized trade led Britain to its worst defeat of the First World War / Nicholas A. Lambert

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) Series Oxford studies in international history Oxford studies in international history. Summary "This book offers a new history of an old subject-the genesis of Britain's disastrous 1915 Dardanelles campaign. It also offers a new history of a new subject-the strategic implications of globalization-because in order to comprehend the former, it is necessary to grasp the latter. Thanks to the development of the international wheat market during the late nineteenth century, the British government came to realize that the national dependence upon imported food had become the Achilles Heel of the British Empire. The book then shows how the disruption of the global wheat trade during the early months of the First World War exceeded the government's worst nightmare. By January 1915, the rising price of bread and consequent threat of social unrest required a political response. It came in the form of a seemingly unrelated event: the disastrous British attack at Gallipoli in the spring of 1915. Contrary to all previous narratives which argue this was done for the military-strategic objective of relieving pressure on the Western Front, this books demonstrates that the British Government authorized the attack for mainly political-economic reasons: to open the flow of grain from Russia through the Dardanelles in order to bring down the politically dangerous level of bread prices in Britain, and to enable Russia to export wheat and so earn foreign exchange that would obviate the need for huge British loans to support its war effort. In so doing, the book offers a case study of grand strategic policy-making under pressure"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed May 3, 2021) Subject Great Britain. Dardanelles Commission. SUBJECT Great Britain. Dardanelles Commission fast Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula. World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply -- Great Britain Wheat trade -- Great Britain Wheat trade -- Russia Economics Food supply Military campaigns Wheat trade Great Britain Russia Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula Form Electronic book LC no. 2020041223 ISBN 9780197545218 0197545211 9780197545232 0197545238 9780197545225 019754522X

Other Titles How globalized trade led Britain to its worst defeat of the First World War

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