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