British Seapower and Procurement between the Wars: A Reappraisal of Rearmament

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Supply and Seapower....Pages 3-11
The Procurement Dispute of the 1914–18 War....Pages 12-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The ‘Ministry of Supply’ Project, 1918–1920....Pages 19-32
The Search for a Compromise Solution, 1920–24....Pages 33-37
The ‘Ministry of Defence’ Campaign, 1919–26....Pages 38-46
The Evolution of the Principal Supply Officers Committee, 1924–27....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Contemporary Circumstances....Pages 69-75
The Decline of Naval Industries....Pages 76-95
The Treasury and Financial Control....Pages 96-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Far Eastern Crisis and the End of the Ten Year Rule....Pages 105-108
A Change of Leadership at the Admiralty....Pages 109-113
New Emphases in Warship Requirements....Pages 114-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
The Defence Requirements Committee and Naval Deficiencies....Pages 123-127
The State of War-planning within the PSOC....Pages 128-135
Mediterranean Crisis and Emergency Expenditure....Pages 136-141
The Effect of German Militarism on Defence Policy....Pages 142-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Appeasement, Fiscal Policy and Rearmament....Pages 155-171
Naval Rearmament: Programmes and Policy....Pages 172-184
Procurement Bottlenecks and Departures from Normal Practices....Pages 185-246
The ‘Ministry of Supply’ Issue Resurrected....Pages 247-257
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Factors Limiting Rearmament....Pages 258-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Czechoslovakian Crisis and Procurement for War....Pages 271-280
Perspective....Pages 281-293
Back Matter....Pages 295-321