The military and government : from Macmillan to Heseltine
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The military and government : from Macmillan to Heseltine
（RUSI defence studies series）
Macmillan, 1988
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Bibliography: p. 228-230
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
UK defence has been a major political issue since 1946. Successive governments have frequently changed the central defence organization in attempts to improve decision-taking and to streamline the ministries. Have the changes worked? Are technological and industrial problems better handled? Are relationships between ministers and the Heads of the Armed Forces properly balanced? This book provides a view of how a vital part of government has evolved over this critical period.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: setting the scene
- Part 2 Forty years of change: the early years
- unification and the Healey period
- the 1970s - a time of consolidation
- 1979-86 - conservative ministers and centralization. Part 3 Factors of general influence: the world scene and the UK's place
- control of expenditure
- the size of the ministry
- the politico-military balance
- relationship across Whitehall
- the consequent organizational implications. Part 4 Functional areas: ministers, councils and boards
- the chiefs of staff
- personnel and logistics
- the place of scientific staff
- procurement
- the permanent under-secretary of state and the civilian staff. Part 5 Summing-up: the degree of past improvements and the desirability of further change.
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