Arms and the State
Subtitle: Sir William Armstrong and the Remaking of British Naval Power, 1854-1914 (Modern Economic and Social History)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780754634041
Subjects: Development studies; Economics; Naval forces & warfare; History: World; Defense industries; Armstrong, W. G.; Military - Weapons; Business / Economics / Finance; History; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Infrastructure; Armstrong, W. G; Ordnance and ordnance stores; Royal Navy; (William George),; 1810-1900; Baron,; Great Britain; Great Britain.
First sentence: The manufacture and sale of armaments became big business in the late nineteenth century.