Business of Armaments

Business of Armaments

Armstrongs, Vickers and the International Arms Trade, 1855-1955

Spear, Joanna

Cambridge University Press

01/2023

314

Dura

Inglês

9781009297523

15 a 20 dias

762

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List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Introduction: British armament firms' independence and power; Part I: Selling at Home: 1. Armstrongs and Vickers become armaments firms: the challenges they faced and the strategies they developed; 2. Selling armaments in Britain 1860-1900: Armstrongs rises and Vickers evolves; 3. Selling Armaments in Britain 1901-1918: Vickers rises and Armstrongs responds; 4. Selling armaments in Britain 1919-1935: Inter-war struggles and Vickers-Armstrongs is born; 5. Selling armaments in Britain 1936-1955: Vickers-Armstrongs and the challenges of wartime and peacetime; Part II: Selling Abroad: 6. Foreign policies for selling armaments to South America; 7. Foreign policies for selling armaments to Asia; 8. Foreign policies for selling arms to the Ottoman Empire/Turkey; 9. Conclusions: assessing Armstrongs and Vickers' independence and power vis. the British state - a military industrial complex?; Bibliography; Index.
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