John F. Godfrey was educated at Trinity College, University of Toronto, Balliol College and St. Antony's College, Oxford, from where he received his PhD in 1975. In 1977 he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of King's College, Halifax, before becoming editor of The Financial Post.

'... a brilliant piece of work detailing the involvement of the French state in the industrial economy of the war.'Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association'... an informative and well written book.'Business History

• ForewordPreface1. Bureaucracy, Industry and Politics in France Before the First World War2. The Influence of French Politics and British Pressure on Wartime Industrial Policy3. Etienne Clementel and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry4. The Consortium5. Requisitions, Shoes and Chemicals6. Albert Thomas and Louis Loucheur7. Bureaucrats versus Industrialists: Struggles, Profits and Scandals8. The Comite des Forges9. The Caen Affair10. The Arsenal of RoanneConclusionBibliographyIndex

John F. Godfrey was educated at Trinity College, University of Toronto, Balliol College and St. Antony's College, Oxford, from where he received his PhD in 1975. In 1977 he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of King's College, Halifax, before becoming editor of The Financial Post.

'... a brilliant piece of work detailing the involvement of the French state in the industrial economy of the war.'Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association'... an informative and well written book.'Business History

• ForewordPreface1. Bureaucracy, Industry and Politics in France Before the First World War2. The Influence of French Politics and British Pressure on Wartime Industrial Policy3. Etienne Clementel and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry4. The Consortium5. Requisitions, Shoes and Chemicals6. Albert Thomas and Louis Loucheur7. Bureaucrats versus Industrialists: Struggles, Profits and Scandals8. The Comite des Forges9. The Caen Affair10. The Arsenal of RoanneConclusionBibliographyIndex

John F. Godfrey was educated at Trinity College, University of Toronto, Balliol College and St. Antony's College, Oxford, from where he received his PhD in 1975. In 1977 he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of King's College, Halifax, before becoming editor of The Financial Post.

'... a brilliant piece of work detailing the involvement of the French state in the industrial economy of the war.'Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association'... an informative and well written book.'Business History

• ForewordPreface1. Bureaucracy, Industry and Politics in France Before the First World War2. The Influence of French Politics and British Pressure on Wartime Industrial Policy3. Etienne Clementel and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry4. The Consortium5. Requisitions, Shoes and Chemicals6. Albert Thomas and Louis Loucheur7. Bureaucrats versus Industrialists: Struggles, Profits and Scandals8. The Comite des Forges9. The Caen Affair10. The Arsenal of RoanneConclusionBibliographyIndex