Suchergebnisse

Chamberlain : guilty man? -- Why historians differ on appeasement -- Two contrasting personalities -- Who was who in Whitehall -- The intelligence services -- Churchill and Whitehall in the 1930s -- Measuring power -- Sea power -- Air power -- Land power -- Defence industries -- The wider economy -- Public opinion and national morale -- Collective security -- Intelligence and perceptions of power -- Dealing with the great depression -- The war debts controversy -- Manchuria and the end of the ten year rule -- Disarmament and defence requirements, 1932-34 -- Reshaping grand strategy, 1934 -- Anglo-Japanese relations -- The German threat increases -- The Ethiopian crisis -- Drawing up the rearmament programme -- The Rhineland crisis and after -- Rearmament and the role of the army -- Financing rearmament -- Relations with the United States and Japan -- Seeking a general settlement in Europe -- The Inskip defence review -- Eden's resignation -- First reactions to the threat to Czechoslovakia -- From May 'crisis' to September crisis -- Berchtesgaden and Godesberg -- Munich -- The aftermath of Munich -- Towards a continental commitment -- Chamberlain still hoping for the best -- The end of Czechoslovakia -- The guarantee to Poland -- Negotiations with the Soviets -- Secret contacts with Germans -- The decision for war -- The 'phoney war' -- Norway and the fall of Chamberlain's government -- Finest hour -- The limits of British power -- What would Churchill have done? -- Would it have been better to fight in 1938? -- Concluding reflections.

This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century. It explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the key department in British government, the Treasury developed growing responsibility for managing the national economy and became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of theFirst World War. Professor Peden examines the relations between ministers and their official advisers, and the growing influence of economists in Whitehall.

Introduction -- The Return to Gold and After Public Works as an Employment Policy -- Towards a Managed Economy? -- How to Pay for the War -- The 1944 White Paper on Employment Policy -- A 'Keynesian Revolution? -- Appendix: Dramatis Personae -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.