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British rearmament and the Treasury, 1932-1939

G. C. Peden
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The article was published on 1979-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 59 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Treasury.

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Public and private interests in the formulation of government policy: The case of the Import Duties Advisory Committee (IDAC) in 1930s britain.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the interplay of business, politics and the economy during the 1930s through the analysis of the tariff introduced in 1932 by the British government, focusing on policy formulation and business involvement in this process.
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Regional variations in naval construction: The British experience, 1895–1966

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed one aspect of defence contracts, namely those placed for British Navy warships over the period 1895-1966, and considered the regional distribution of naval output, identifying three kinds of shipbuilding regions: those centred on state dockyards, those organized by steel-armaments firms, and those primarily oriented to the construction of merchant vessels.
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Rearme y baja percepción de amenaza interestatal en Sudamérica. ¿Es posible tal coexistencia?

TL;DR: The use of the concept of rearmament to explain the purchases of arms in South America has not only contributed to the conceptual confusion but also to a risky political use of it as mentioned in this paper.
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The British political, social and economic system and the decision for peace and war: reflections on Anglo-German relations 1800—1939*

TL;DR: One of the main fields of historical research for the period between the two world wars has been the role of National Socialist Germany in world politics and the character of the British policy of appeasement as mentioned in this paper.
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The French and the British Field Force: Moral Support or Material Contribution?

TL;DR: The authors examines how the French viewed British military prepa- rations for a war against Germany in the 1930s and focuses on declin- ing French expectations of the effectiveness of British military support as the reality of Britain's small and ill-prepared Field Force became apparent as war approached.