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Author Edgerton, David.

Title Warfare state : Britain, 1920-1970 / by David Edgerton.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 364 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The military-industrial complex in the interwar years; 2 The warfare state and the nationalisation of Britain, 1939-55; 3 The expert state: the military-scientific complex in the interwar years; 4 The new men and the new state, 1939-70; 5 Anti-historians and technocrats: revisiting the technocratic moment, 1959-64; 6 The warfare state and the 'white heat', 1955-70; 7 The disappearance of the British warfare state.
8 Rethinking the relations of science, technology, industry and warAppendices; Index.
Summary This groundbreaking book challenges the central theme of the existing histories of twentieth-century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state. It argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry, and analyses the relations of science, technology, industry and the military.
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Subject Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century.
History, Military.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Politics and government.
Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Economic conditions.
Defense industries -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Defense industries -- Political aspects.
Defense industries.
Defense industries -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Defense industries -- Economic aspects.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
Other Form: Print version: Edgerton, David. Warfare state. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521856361 0521672317 (OCoLC)62795653
ISBN 0511137648 (electronic book)
9780511137648 (electronic book)
0511134479 (electronic book)
9780511134470 (electronic book)
9780511135477 (electronic book)
0511135475 (electronic book)
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9781280284236
9786610284238
6610284237
0521672317 (Paper)
0521856361 (Cloth)
9780521856362
9780521672313 (paperback)