British Rearmament in the Thirties :Politics and Profits ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Politics and Profits

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Shay Robert Paul Jr.;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400871070

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691052489

Subject: D Political and Legal;E0 Military Theory;E9 Military Technology

Keyword: 政治、法律,军事理论

Language: ENG

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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 problem that was of central concern to the government. For this reason, and because he draws on the recently opened Cabinet and Treasury papers at the Public Record Office in London, he is able to offer a broader view than that of the existing studies. He describes in detail the interaction of the Cabinet, Treasury, and Armed Services, and the influence of the financial and industrial communities.

Originally published in 1977.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

Cover

Cover

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Introduction

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 National Government

The National Government

The Economy in the Thirties

The Economy in the Thirties

The International Situation, 1932

The International Situation, 1932

The Ten Year Rule

The Ten Year Rule

The Budget

The Budget

Germany in 1933

Germany in 1933

The Defence Requirements Committee

The Defence Requirements Committee

The Disarmament Committee Considers Rearmament

The Disarmament Committee Considers Rearmament

The "Knockout" Blow

The "Knockout" Blow

The Treasury on the First D.R.C. Report

The Treasury on the First D.R.C. Report

Decision for Deterrence

Decision for Deterrence

Its Impact on the Budget

Its Impact on the Budget

The Dilemma

The Dilemma

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

Air Expansion in Earnest

Air Expansion in Earnest

New Men at the Air Ministry

New Men at the Air Ministry

Defence Requirements Reconsidered

Defence Requirements Reconsidered

The Ideal Scheme

The Ideal Scheme

The Election

The Election

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

On Borrowing for Defence

On Borrowing for Defence

The 1936 Budget

The 1936 Budget

Decisions on Defence

Decisions on Defence

Labour's Attack on the Budget

Labour's Attack on the Budget

Baldwin's Tenuous Leadership

Baldwin's Tenuous Leadership

Its Effect on Rearmament

Its Effect on Rearmament

The Upshot of the Ideal Scheme

The Upshot of the Ideal Scheme

III. Industrial Mobilization for Rearmament

III. Industrial Mobilization for Rearmament

War Potential

War Potential

Government, Industry, and Rearmament

Government, Industry, and Rearmament

The Doctrine of Cooperation

The Doctrine of Cooperation

Industrial Mobilization

Industrial Mobilization

Contracts, Costs, and Profits

Contracts, Costs, and Profits

Charges of Profiteering

Charges of Profiteering

The Shadow Scheme

The Shadow Scheme

The Mclintock Negotiations

The Mclintock Negotiations

A Just Rate of Profit

A Just Rate of Profit

The Struggle for an Agreement

The Struggle for an Agreement

The Mclintock Agreement

The Mclintock 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

Production Problems

Production Problems

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

Borrowing for Rearmament

Borrowing for Rearmament

The National Defence Contribution

The National Defence Contribution

The Response to the Defence Loan

The Response to the Defence Loan

Baldwin Steps Down

Baldwin Steps Down

V. The Rationing of the Services

V. The Rationing of the Services

Fears About Rearmament

Fears About Rearmament

Inskip's Review of Defence Expenditure

Inskip's Review of Defence Expenditure

The Rationale for Rationing

The Rationale for Rationing

Rationing and the Army

Rationing and the Army

The Bomber Challenged

The Bomber Challenged

The Logic of Appeasement

The Logic of Appeasement

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

Inskip's Final Report

Inskip's Final Report

The 1938 Budget

The 1938 Budget

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 Anschluss

The Anschluss

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

Swinton Sacked

Swinton Sacked

Kingsley Wood and the Treasury

Kingsley Wood and the Treasury

Munich and Rearmament

Munich and Rearmament

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

The Reaction at Home

The Reaction at Home

Foreign Policy After Prague

Foreign Policy After Prague

Rearmament After Munich

Rearmament After Munich

The Army's Resurrection

The Army's Resurrection

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

Inskip Sacked

Inskip Sacked

The Fall of Prague

The Fall of Prague

Conscription and the Ministry of Supply

Conscription and the Ministry of Supply

The Failure of Finance

The Failure of Finance

The Flight of Gold

The Flight of Gold

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix

Appendix

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

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