British Tank Production and the War Economy, 1934-1945
Details:
- Author(s) Coombs, Benjamin
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 198pp; illus
- Publisher Bloomsbury
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Government procurement
- Name Comparative international studies
Countries:
- Australia
- Canada
- Russia
- United States
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Scholarly study based on the writer's doctoral thesis 'British Tank Production, 1934-1945', Kent, 2011. Explores the experience of a British industry under emergency war time conditions, notably the political, military and strategy pressures involved. Compares the British tank programme with those of Canada, USA, Russia and Australia equivalents to offer an international perspective on the war economy. Chapters include: 'Government and industry during disarmament and rearmament'; 'Government and industry during wartime'; 'General Staff requirements and industrial capabilities;'; 'Tank workforce and industrial output'; 'Overcoming production problems and delays'; 'Influence of North America upon the British tank industry'