Race to the Front The Materiel Foundations of Coalition Strategy in the Great War

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military History
• History » World War I
• Military Studies » Strategy & Tactics

Awards:

• Academia Academic Essentials - 20th Century History

Reviews:

• [S]tubb's work in a valuable addition to the study of the 1914-1918 conflict.
  —Stand To! January 2007
• [A]n interesting and useful book examining the impact of material mobilization on World War 1....Stubbs's book has numerous strengths that commend it to both scholars of World War 1 and the general reader....[S]tubbs's view of European reaction to American power serves as a basis for future discussion while his statistical data certainly helpto explain the actions of coalitions.
  —The Journal of Military History July 2003

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Human Resources Mobilization
• Background and Prewar Conditions
• August 1914 to February 1916
• February 1916 to November 1917
• November 1917 to November 1918
• Casualties, August 1914 to November 1918
• Economic Resource Mobilization
• Introduction
• Pre-War Production
• Raw Materials Production, 1914-1918
• Agriculture Output, 1914-1918
• Munitions Production, 1914-1918
• Transportation in the Great War
• Transportation Systems, 1914-1918
• Maritime Transportations, 1914-1918
• Rails, Rivers, and Roads, 1914-1918
• Coalition Warfare
• Competing National Interests, 1914-1918
• The Entente, August 1914-April 1917
• The Central Powers, August 1914-April 1917
• The American Intervention, April-December 1917
• Amalgamation Controversies, August 1914-November 1918
• American Expeditionary Force
• The Rise of American Hegemony
• Appendix 1: German Casualties in 1918
• Appendix 2: Munitions Production in the Great War
• Appendix 3: Transportation
• Bibliography
• Index