'Lord Beaverbrook and the supply of aircraft, 1940-41' in A Slaven & D H Aldcroft (eds), Business, Banking and Urban History. Essays in honour of S G Checkland
Details:
- Author(s) Robertson, Alex J
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1982
- Pages pp80-100
- Publisher John Donald Publishers
- Place Published Edinburgh
Topics:
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Deals with Beaverbrook's role as Minister of Aircraft Production, 1940-41, in a critical period of the Second World War, and his work in stimulating production which has from many received heroic adulation. Joins with others to ask if such adulation was in reality justified