This paper presents some demographic evidence to support the claim that the defence of public health through the maintenance of living standards was one of the prerequisites of military victory in the 1914-18 war. An analysis of civilian mortality trends demostrates this gap between the adversary camps. We then offer an explanation as to how the Allies succeeded in this domestic task, and the Central Powers did not. The argument is that, in addition to a more effective blockade, the Allied political economy balanced the demands of the military and civilian sectors, whereas the German political economy, the first "military- industrial complex" in history, did not. The militarization of the economy impoverished the population, which became in...
During World War I (1914--1918) the birth rates of countries such as France, Germany, the U.K., Belg...
The Great War of 1914–18 constituted a major rupture for the economies of Europe in several respects...
Abstract: We draw on the experience of the major combatant countries in World War I to analyse the r...
This paper presents some demographic evidence to support the claim that the defence of public health...
This paper is a reexamination of the Winter hypothesis, which holds that there was a marked differen...
During the 1970s and 1980s Jay Winter published a series of highly influential articles on the demog...
During the 1970s and 1980s Jay Winter published a series of highly influential articles on the demog...
This paper presents evidence for a moderately optimistic account of the impact of the First World Wa...
During World War I, the birth rate in France fell by 50 percent. Why? I build a model of fertility c...
The article assesses the effects of the First World War on the population of Cracow, visible in the ...
Abstract: We draw on the experience of the major combatant countries in World War I to analyse the r...
During World War I (1914–1918) the birth rates of countries such as France, Germany, the U.K., Belgi...
Michael Flinn wrote that the Thirty Years' War, fought in central Europe between 1618 and 1648, "re...
Proportional to the total population, Serbia was the country with the highest number of casualtie...
The economic history of Germany's Great War appears intellectually unexciting. It is the story of a ...
During World War I (1914--1918) the birth rates of countries such as France, Germany, the U.K., Belg...
The Great War of 1914–18 constituted a major rupture for the economies of Europe in several respects...
Abstract: We draw on the experience of the major combatant countries in World War I to analyse the r...
This paper presents some demographic evidence to support the claim that the defence of public health...
This paper is a reexamination of the Winter hypothesis, which holds that there was a marked differen...
During the 1970s and 1980s Jay Winter published a series of highly influential articles on the demog...
During the 1970s and 1980s Jay Winter published a series of highly influential articles on the demog...
This paper presents evidence for a moderately optimistic account of the impact of the First World Wa...
During World War I, the birth rate in France fell by 50 percent. Why? I build a model of fertility c...
The article assesses the effects of the First World War on the population of Cracow, visible in the ...
Abstract: We draw on the experience of the major combatant countries in World War I to analyse the r...
During World War I (1914–1918) the birth rates of countries such as France, Germany, the U.K., Belgi...
Michael Flinn wrote that the Thirty Years' War, fought in central Europe between 1618 and 1648, "re...
Proportional to the total population, Serbia was the country with the highest number of casualtie...
The economic history of Germany's Great War appears intellectually unexciting. It is the story of a ...
During World War I (1914--1918) the birth rates of countries such as France, Germany, the U.K., Belg...
The Great War of 1914–18 constituted a major rupture for the economies of Europe in several respects...
Abstract: We draw on the experience of the major combatant countries in World War I to analyse the r...