Planning and Profits: British Naval Armaments Manufacture and the Military Industrial Complex, 1918-1941

by Christopher Miller

In a time of great need for Britain, a small coterie of influential businessmen gained access to secret information on industrial mobilisation as advisers to the Principal Supply Officers Committee. They provided the state with priceless advice, but, as "insiders" utilised their access to information to build a business empire at a fraction of the normal costs. Outsiders, in contrast, lacked influence and were forced together into a defensive "ring"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800857144
• ISBN13: 9781800857148
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages