Rosella Cappella Zielinski specializes in the study of conflict with an emphasis on how states mobilize their resources for war. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University and non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity at Marine Corps University. She is the author of How States Pay for Wars (2016), winner of the 2017 American Political Science Association Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award in International History and Politics. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and held fellowships at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.Paul Poast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in alliance politics and the political economy of security. An award-winning author, he holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Miami University. He has taught at a variety of universities, including Rutgers University and The Ohio State University.

The authors' careful study of the agreements that kept the Allies fed during the conflict yields insights into the pattern and construction of international agreements, the important role of commodities in war, cooperation between Allies outside military agreements, and the legacies of the precedents set during the Great War era. The book includes eight graphs and four tables that assist understanding of the subject. It also includes an extensive bibliography that illustrates the depth of the authors' research and provides a fine guide for further reading. The authors are correct that the subject might sound esoteric, but their text provides a useful foundation for broader implications in the study of international relations. ...Highly Recommended

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Why Wheat and the First World War? 2: Necessity and Willingness: A Guiding Framework 3: Retaining Authority: The CIR and the Joint Committee 4: Ceding Authority: The Wheat Executive 5: Sharing Authority: The Allied Maritime Transport Council 6: Reclaiming Authority: The Supreme Economic Council 7: Wheat During the Great War: Legacy and Implications Bibliography Index

Rosella Cappella Zielinski specializes in the study of conflict with an emphasis on how states mobilize their resources for war. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University and non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity at Marine Corps University. She is the author of How States Pay for Wars (2016), winner of the 2017 American Political Science Association Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award in International History and Politics. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and held fellowships at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.Paul Poast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in alliance politics and the political economy of security. An award-winning author, he holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Miami University. He has taught at a variety of universities, including Rutgers University and The Ohio State University.

The authors' careful study of the agreements that kept the Allies fed during the conflict yields insights into the pattern and construction of international agreements, the important role of commodities in war, cooperation between Allies outside military agreements, and the legacies of the precedents set during the Great War era. The book includes eight graphs and four tables that assist understanding of the subject. It also includes an extensive bibliography that illustrates the depth of the authors' research and provides a fine guide for further reading. The authors are correct that the subject might sound esoteric, but their text provides a useful foundation for broader implications in the study of international relations. ...Highly Recommended

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Why Wheat and the First World War? 2: Necessity and Willingness: A Guiding Framework 3: Retaining Authority: The CIR and the Joint Committee 4: Ceding Authority: The Wheat Executive 5: Sharing Authority: The Allied Maritime Transport Council 6: Reclaiming Authority: The Supreme Economic Council 7: Wheat During the Great War: Legacy and Implications Bibliography Index

Rosella Cappella Zielinski specializes in the study of conflict with an emphasis on how states mobilize their resources for war. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University and non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity at Marine Corps University. She is the author of How States Pay for Wars (2016), winner of the 2017 American Political Science Association Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award in International History and Politics. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and held fellowships at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.Paul Poast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in alliance politics and the political economy of security. An award-winning author, he holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Miami University. He has taught at a variety of universities, including Rutgers University and The Ohio State University.

The authors' careful study of the agreements that kept the Allies fed during the conflict yields insights into the pattern and construction of international agreements, the important role of commodities in war, cooperation between Allies outside military agreements, and the legacies of the precedents set during the Great War era. The book includes eight graphs and four tables that assist understanding of the subject. It also includes an extensive bibliography that illustrates the depth of the authors' research and provides a fine guide for further reading. The authors are correct that the subject might sound esoteric, but their text provides a useful foundation for broader implications in the study of international relations. ...Highly Recommended

• List of Figures List of Tables 1: Why Wheat and the First World War? 2: Necessity and Willingness: A Guiding Framework 3: Retaining Authority: The CIR and the Joint Committee 4: Ceding Authority: The Wheat Executive 5: Sharing Authority: The Allied Maritime Transport Council 6: Reclaiming Authority: The Supreme Economic Council 7: Wheat During the Great War: Legacy and Implications Bibliography Index