Edited by Michael J. Oliver, Professor of Economics, ESC Rennes School of Business, France and Associate of Lombard Street Research and Derek H. Aldcroft, Fellow, University of Leicester, UK

'The book would make a good text or supplemental reading for a course in the economic history of the twentieth century, either at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Students love disasters. . . all the essays reach a high level of quality. Each of the authors is a well-regarded expert in his field and clearly capable of producing a well-crafted essay. . . The authors and editors are to be congratulated.'

• Contents:IntroductionM.J. Oliver and D.H. Aldcroft1. ‘Destruction. . . and Misery’: The First World WarJ. Singleton2. The Great Depression, 1929–33W.R. Garside3. The Second World War as an Economic DisasterN. Ferguson4. The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of OPECM. Beenstock5. Inflation in the Twentieth CenturyF.H. Capie6. Financial CrisesM.J. Oliver7. Stock Market CrashesG.E. Wood8. The Demise of the Command Economies in the Soviet Union and its Outer EmpireS. Morewood9. The Fatal Inversion: The African Growth DisasterD.H. AldcroftIndex

Edited by Michael J. Oliver, Professor of Economics, ESC Rennes School of Business, France and Associate of Lombard Street Research and Derek H. Aldcroft, Fellow, University of Leicester, UK

'The book would make a good text or supplemental reading for a course in the economic history of the twentieth century, either at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Students love disasters. . . all the essays reach a high level of quality. Each of the authors is a well-regarded expert in his field and clearly capable of producing a well-crafted essay. . . The authors and editors are to be congratulated.'

• Contents:IntroductionM.J. Oliver and D.H. Aldcroft1. ‘Destruction. . . and Misery’: The First World WarJ. Singleton2. The Great Depression, 1929–33W.R. Garside3. The Second World War as an Economic DisasterN. Ferguson4. The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of OPECM. Beenstock5. Inflation in the Twentieth CenturyF.H. Capie6. Financial CrisesM.J. Oliver7. Stock Market CrashesG.E. Wood8. The Demise of the Command Economies in the Soviet Union and its Outer EmpireS. Morewood9. The Fatal Inversion: The African Growth DisasterD.H. AldcroftIndex

Edited by Michael J. Oliver, Professor of Economics, ESC Rennes School of Business, France and Associate of Lombard Street Research and Derek H. Aldcroft, Fellow, University of Leicester, UK

'The book would make a good text or supplemental reading for a course in the economic history of the twentieth century, either at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Students love disasters. . . all the essays reach a high level of quality. Each of the authors is a well-regarded expert in his field and clearly capable of producing a well-crafted essay. . . The authors and editors are to be congratulated.'

• Contents:IntroductionM.J. Oliver and D.H. Aldcroft1. ‘Destruction. . . and Misery’: The First World WarJ. Singleton2. The Great Depression, 1929–33W.R. Garside3. The Second World War as an Economic DisasterN. Ferguson4. The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of OPECM. Beenstock5. Inflation in the Twentieth CenturyF.H. Capie6. Financial CrisesM.J. Oliver7. Stock Market CrashesG.E. Wood8. The Demise of the Command Economies in the Soviet Union and its Outer EmpireS. Morewood9. The Fatal Inversion: The African Growth DisasterD.H. AldcroftIndex