LEADER 03683nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910459047403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-70980-1 010 $a9786612709807 010 $a0-8264-1894-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035923 035 $a(EBL)564305 035 $a(OCoLC)664232809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000418883 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267881 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418883 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377513 035 $a(PQKB)11707742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564305 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL564305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10404949 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL270980 035 $a(OCoLC)893334976 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035923 100 $a19960313d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGovernment and the armed forces in Britain, 1856-1990$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Paul Smith 210 $aLondon ;$aRio Grande, Ohio $cHambledon Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-144-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 War 327 $a8 '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; Index 330 $aIn 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 practice 606 $aCivil-military relations$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil-military relations$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 607 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$xPolitical activity 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil-military relations$xHistory 615 0$aCivil-military relations$xHistory 676 $a355/.00941 701 $aSmith$b Paul$f1937-$0609709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459047403321 996 $aGovernment and the armed forces in Britain, 1856-1990$92010815 997 $aUNINA