10/4/19 Economics of the Peace Senior Scholars: • Most obvious economic consequence was the level of Interwar Europe: devastation WorkinG Out Modernity – Huge population loss in the Midst of Crisis Fall 2019 Prof. Kenneth F. Ledford
[email protected] 368-4144 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 1 10/4/19 HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 2 10/4/19 HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 3 10/4/19 HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT Economics of the Peace • Most obvious economic consequence was the level of devastation – Huge population loss – Cost of war injuries and pensions HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 4 10/4/19 Economics of the Peace • Shell shock and PTSD – 80,000 British soldiers alone – Theory of etiology shifted from physical shock to emotional stress HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT Economics of the Peace • Shell shock and PTSD • Prosthetics – Limbs – Masks – Skin and tissue grafting HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 5 10/4/19 HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT 6 10/4/19 HISTORY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT Economics of the Peace • Most obvious economic consequence was the level of devastation – Huge population loss – Cost of war injuries and pensions – Physical destruction of assets – Reparations Commission calculated total destruction at • $29,960,000,000 • France and Belgium accounted for $17 billion of this – This loss was reality behind