03649nam 2200649Ia 450 991078490680332120230421053453.01-282-70980-197866127098070-8264-1894-5(CKB)2670000000035923(EBL)564305(OCoLC)664232809(SSID)ssj0000418883(PQKBManifestationID)11267881(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418883(PQKBWorkID)10377513(PQKB)11707742(MiAaPQ)EBC564305(Au-PeEL)EBL564305(CaPaEBR)ebr10404949(CaONFJC)MIL270980(OCoLC)893334976(EXLCZ)99267000000003592319960313d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGovernment and the armed forces in Britain, 1856-1990[electronic resource] /edited by Paul SmithLondon ;Rio Grande, Ohio Hambledon Pressc19961 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-144-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Civil-Military Relations in a Period without Major Wars, 1855-85; 2 Ruling the Waves: Government, the Service and the Cost of Naval Supremacy, 1885-99; 3 Adversarial Attitudes: Servicemen, Politicians and Strategic Policy, 1899-1914; 4 'A One-Man Show'? Civil-Military Relations during the First World War; 5 The Campaign for a Ministry of Defence, 1919-36; 6 Sir Thomas Inskip as Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, 1936-39; 7 Waltzing with Winston: Civil-Military Relations in the Second World War8 'Vested Interests and Vanished Dreams': Duncan Sandys, the Chiefs of Staff and the 1957 White Paper9 The Ministry of Defence, 1959-70; 10 Establishing Civilian Supremacy: Influence within Britain's Ministry of Defence; 11 Michael Heseltine and the Reorganisation of the Ministry of Defence, 1983-84; 12 Conclusion; IndexIn a period that began with Britain controlling a world-wide empire and included two world wars, followed by the Cold War and massive expenditure on nuclear armaments, the relationship between the politicians and the generals has been central to British history. While it is correctly assumed that the Armed Forces have never threatened British political stability in modern times, the relationship between the military and their political masters is a major, if under-emphasised, theme of British history. While in theory the politicians decided strategy and the military implemented it, in practiceCivil-military relationsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryCivil-military relationsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government20th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1837-1901Great BritainArmed ForcesPolitical activityGreat BritainHistory, Military20th centuryGreat BritainHistory, Military19th centuryCivil-military relationsHistoryCivil-military relationsHistory355/.00941Smith Paul1937-609709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784906803321Government and the armed forces in Britain, 1856-19903752983UNINA