British rearmament in the thirties : politics and profits /

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Here is a comprehensive analysis of rearmament under the Baldwin and Chamberlain governments. It reveals the primary determinants of events and provides important new information regarding the principal considerations underlying Chamberlain's policy of appeasement. The author concentrates on a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shay, Robert Paul, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
1900-1999
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Military readiness
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Great Britain > Defenses.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936.
Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1910-1936 (George V)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1936-1952 (George VI)
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The coming of the national government and the pressures to rearm
  • Towards a substantive commitment, April 1935-August 1936
  • Industrial mobilization for rearmament
  • The financing of defence
  • The rationing of the services
  • The Anschluss and the Czech crisis: the acid test of rationing and appeasement
  • From Munich to war: the unraveling.

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