Politicians and defence:studies in the formulation of British defence policy, 1845-1970

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Beckett I. F. W.; (Ian Frederick William); Gooch John.
Published: Manchester University Press,
Publisher Address: Manchester [Greater Manchester]
Publication Dates: c1981.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxii, 202 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0719008182
Index Number: E561
CLC: E561.0-53
Call Number: E561.0-53/P769/
Contents: Includes index.
"Biography and bibliography": p. [181]-195.
Lord Grey and imperial defence / Hew Strachan -- Edward Cardwell and the abolition of purchase / Anthony Bruce -- H.O. Arnold-Forster and the Volunteers / Ian Beckett -- Haldane and the "National Army" / John Gooch -- Kitchener and the expansion of the army / Peter Simkins -- Leslie Hore-Belisha at the War Office / Brian Bond -- Duncan Sandys and the independent nuclear deterrent / Colin Gordon -- Dennis Healey and rational decision-making in defence / Peter Nailor.