How do we define an economic disaster? A difficult question. Most centuries would claim that they have had their share of disasters, but the twentieth century certainly seems to have been more prone to them than the previous one. A number of leading econo
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.