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I. The Coming of the National Government and the Pressures to Rearm
I. The Coming of the National Government and the Pressures to Rearm
Labour and the Financial Crisis
Labour and the Financial Crisis
The Economy in the Thirties
The Economy in the Thirties
The International Situation, 1932
The International Situation, 1932
The Defence Requirements Committee
The Defence Requirements Committee
The Disarmament Committee Considers Rearmament
The Disarmament Committee Considers Rearmament
The Treasury on the First D.R.C. Report
The Treasury on the First D.R.C. Report
II. Towards a Substantive Commitment, April 1935-August 1936
II. Towards a Substantive Commitment, April 1935-August 1936
The White Paper on Defence
The White Paper on Defence
New Men at the Air Ministry
New Men at the Air Ministry
Defence Requirements Reconsidered
Defence Requirements Reconsidered
Baldwin and the Hoare-Laval Affair
Baldwin and the Hoare-Laval Affair
The Ministry of Defence Debate
The Ministry of Defence Debate
The Ideal Scheme Considered: The Treasury View
The Ideal Scheme Considered: The Treasury View
Labour's Attack on the Budget
Labour's Attack on the Budget
Baldwin's Tenuous Leadership
Baldwin's Tenuous Leadership
The Upshot of the Ideal Scheme
The Upshot of the Ideal Scheme
III. Industrial Mobilization for Rearmament
III. Industrial Mobilization for Rearmament
Government, Industry, and Rearmament
Government, Industry, and Rearmament
The Doctrine of Cooperation
The Doctrine of Cooperation
Contracts, Costs, and Profits
Contracts, Costs, and Profits
The Mclintock Negotiations
The Mclintock Negotiations
The Struggle for an Agreement
The Struggle for an Agreement
Government, Labor, and Rearmament
Government, Labor, and Rearmament
Controls Considered and Rejected
Controls Considered and Rejected
IV. The Financing of Defence
IV. The Financing of Defence
The Treasury Versus the Army
The Treasury Versus the Army
New Air Ministry Proposals
New Air Ministry Proposals
Treasury Reaction to the Defence Estimates
Treasury Reaction to the Defence Estimates
The National Defence Contribution
The National Defence Contribution
The Response to the Defence Loan
The Response to the Defence Loan
V. The Rationing of the Services
V. The Rationing of the Services
Inskip's Review of Defence Expenditure
Inskip's Review of Defence Expenditure
The Rationale for Rationing
The Rationale for Rationing
The Response to Inskip's Interim Report
The Response to Inskip's Interim Report
The Battle over the Service Estimates
The Battle over the Service Estimates
VI. The Anschluss and the Czech Crisis: The Acid Test of Rationing and Appeasement
VI. The Anschluss and the Czech Crisis: The Acid Test of Rationing and Appeasement
The Services Bid for Funds
The Services Bid for Funds
Duff Cooper Attacks Rationing
Duff Cooper Attacks Rationing
Criticism of the Air Ministry
Criticism of the Air Ministry
Swinton's Modest Proposal
Swinton's Modest Proposal
The Debate over R.A.F. Expenditure
The Debate over R.A.F. Expenditure
New Criticism of Rearmament
New Criticism of Rearmament
Kingsley Wood and the Treasury
Kingsley Wood and the Treasury
VII. From Munich to War: The Unraveling
VII. From Munich to War: The Unraveling
Part I: The Aftermath of Munich
Part I: The Aftermath of Munich
The International Situation
The International Situation
Foreign Policy After Prague
Foreign Policy After Prague
Kingsley Wood's Frankenstein Monster
Kingsley Wood's Frankenstein Monster
Financing Rearmament, 1939
Financing Rearmament, 1939
Part II: The Failure of Cooperation
Part II: The Failure of Cooperation
Compulsion and the Ministry of Supply
Compulsion and the Ministry of Supply
The Case of the Machine Tool Industry
The Case of the Machine Tool Industry
Aircraft Industry Profiteering
Aircraft Industry Profiteering
The Government's Response
The Government's Response
Part III: The Imminence of War
Part III: The Imminence of War
The Revival of the Ministry of Supply
The Revival of the Ministry of Supply
Conscription and the Ministry of Supply
Conscription and the Ministry of Supply