Planning and Profits: British Naval Armaments Manufacture and the Military Industrial Complex, 1918-1941

by Christopher Miller

This book examines the relationship between the private naval armaments industry, businessmen and the British government defence planners between the wars. It reassesses the concept of the Military-Industrial Complex through the impact of disarmament upon private industry, the role of leading industrialists in supply and procurement policy, and the successes and failings of government organisation. It blends together political, naval and business...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800857144
• ISBN13: 9781800857148
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages