Politicians and defence
Subtitle: studies in the formulation of British defence policy, 1845-1970
By: edited by Ian Beckett and John Gooch.
Contributors: Beckett, I. F. W.; Gooch, John.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Manchester [Greater Manchester]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Great Britain -- Military policy; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: "Biography and bibliography": p. [181]-195.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Lord Grey and imperial defence / Hew Strachan; title: Edward Cardwell and the abolition of purchase / Anthony Bruce; title: H.O. Arnold-Forster and the Volunteers / Ian Beckett; title: Haldane and the "National Army" / John Gooch; title: Kitchener and the expansion of the army / Peter Simkins; title: Leslie Hore-Belisha at the War Office / Brian Bond; title: Duncan Sandys and the independent nuclear deterrent / Colin Gordon; title: Dennis Healey and rational decision-making in defence / Peter Nailor.