History of the Second World War. Administration of war production

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Official history of the administration of war production describing the workings of the six departments of state mostly involved - Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Aircraft Production, and Ministry of Production - and in the process shedding light on actual production issues. The main four themes are: administration of naval production, of military production, of aircraft production, and how war production was 'gripped and controlled at the top'. Arranged in five parts, viz: 1] 'The prewar organisation' - 'Admiralty'/ 'War Office'/ 'Air Ministry'/ 'Inter department administration'; 2] 'The Admiralty' - 'Departments 1 - naval new construction and repair'/ 'Departments 2 - equipment and armament'/ 'Merchant ships and naval aircraft'/ 'Frontier towards Whitehall'/ 'Climax and strain - conclusion'; 3] 'Administration of departments - Ministry of Supply' - 'organisation of Ministry ..., 1939-45/ 'Central control of production - institutions and methods'/ 'Central control of production - plans and programmes'/ 'Administration of research, design and development'; 4] 'Administration of departments - Ministry of Aircraft production' - organisation of MAP, 1940-45/ 'Evolution of a supply department - some aspects of administration'/ 'User supplier relations'/ 'Administration of research, design and development'/ 'Planning and programming'; 5] 'Co-ordination of supply departments'.