Feeding Allies: Wheat and Inter-Allied Institutions During the Great War (09/22/21)
Join us on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021, at NOON for a virtual lecture—Feeding Allies: Wheat and Inter-Allied Institutions During the Great War—by Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University. Rosella is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security at UT Austin and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare at Marine Corps University.
Waging war is a massively complicated undertaking. Soldiers need food. Guns need ammunition. Vehicles need fuel. Weapons need repair. Supplying these resources is a challenge for any single state. But the challenges of logistics – ensuring timeliness, avoiding misallocations of resources – and economic mobilization – avoiding inflation and minimizing civilian hardship – are magnified when multiple states fight together as a coalition. This was most evident during World War I, where the allied countries of Britain, France, and Italy struggled to ensure their civilians and soldiers were fed. Their solution was to experiment with creating international economic organizations that could address their cooperation and coordination problems. These institutions, in turn, served as templates for future international economic organizations, particularly those that comprise the “Liberal International Order.”
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When: Sep 22, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Feeding Allies: Wheat and Inter-Allied Institutions During the Great War
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