The Military and Government

From Macmillan to Heseltine

  • Ewen Broadbent
Book

Part of the RUSI Defence Studies Series book series (RUSIDS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Setting the Scene
      Ewen Broadbent
      Pages 3-12

  3. Forty Years of Change

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Early Years
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      Pages 15-27
    3. Unification and the Healey Period: 1964–70
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      Pages 28-41
    4. The 1970s: A Time of Consolidation
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      Pages 42-58
    5. 1979–86: Conservative Ministers and Centralisation
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      Pages 59-81

  4. Factors of General Influence

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 83-83
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    2. Factors of General Influence
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      Pages 85-108

  5. Functional Areas

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 109-109
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    2. Ministers, Councils and Boards
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      Pages 111-120
    3. The Chiefs of Staff
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      Pages 121-135
    4. Personnel and Logistics
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      Pages 136-147
    5. The Place of Scientific Staff in the Defence Organisation
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      Pages 148-160
    6. Procurement
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      Pages 161-178
    7. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State and His Department
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      Pages 179-191

  6. Summing up

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 193-193
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    2. Review of 1964–86 and Its Lessons for the Future
      Ewen Broadbent
      Pages 195-214
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 215-238
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About this book

Introduction

Governments have changed the central defence organization in attempts to improve decision-taking and to streamline the Ministries. Have the changes worked? This book provides a view of how a part of government has evolved over this period.

Keywords

government logistics organization organizations state

Authors and affiliations

  • Ewen Broadbent
    • 1
  1. 1.UK Ministry of DefenceUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09245-1
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-09247-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-09245-1
  • About this book