Wheat at War
Allied Economic Cooperation in the Great War
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 9 October 2025
- ISBN 9780197812747
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 232x156x16 mm
- Weight 268 g
- Language English 644
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Short description:
Wheat at War explores how the Allies in the First World War created international institutions, such as the Wheat Executive, that were given the authority to make shipping and wheat distribution decisions on behalf of all the allies. As a case study, the Wheat Executive improves our understanding of international institutional design, the importance of commodities during wartime, economic coordination amongst wartime coalition members, and the legacies of international cooperation during the First World War.
MoreLong description:
The battlefields were not the only places that threatened death during World War I. As conflict raged on and supply lines tightened, the allied powers of France, Britain, and Italy faced a fundamental problem: keeping their soldier and civilian populations safe from starvation.
Wheat at War describes how, faced with this immense challenge, the Allies devised a multilateral institution--the Wheat Executive--to do what no state could do alone. Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Paul Poast examine the difficult considerations made by the allied powers when ceding authority to an international body that would make decisions for them. Beyond successfully managing wheat shipping and distribution, they argue, the Wheat Executive proved to have significant influence in the evolving landscape of interstate cooperation. As a case study, the Wheat Executive improves our understanding of international institutional design, the importance of commodities during wartime, economic coordination amongst wartime coalition members, and the legacies of international cooperation during the First World War. As one of the first great experiments in supranationalism, the Allies' management of wheat while at war provides lessons about the emergence of international organizations and their contours.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Why Wheat and the First World War?
Chapter 2: Necessity and Willingness: A Guiding Framework
Chapter 3: Retaining Authority: The CIR and the Joint Committee
Chapter 4: Ceding Authority: The Wheat Executive
Chapter 5: Sharing Authority: The Allied Maritime Transport Council
Chapter 6: Reclaiming Authority: The Supreme Economic Council
Chapter 7: Conclusions and Implications
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
Why Wheat and the First World War?
Necessity and Willingness: A Guiding Framework
Retaining Authority: The CIR and the Joint Committee
Ceding Authority: The Wheat Executive
Sharing Authority: The Allied Maritime Transport Council
Reclaiming Authority: The Supreme Economic Council
Wheat During the Great War: Legacy and Implications
Bibliography
Index
