Defence under Thatcher / Andrew M. Dorman ; foreword by Michael Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorman, Andrew M., 1966-

Series:

Southampton studies in international policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thatcher, Margaret.

Politics and government.

Command of troops.

Great Britain--Military policy.

Great Britain.

Military policy.

Great Britain--Defenses.

Defenses.

Thatcher, Margaret--Military leadership.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 219 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how defense policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. This period witnessed major transformations in international and domestic politics, with defense emerging from its traditional postwar position of relative insignificance to become one of the key issues at the 1983 and 1987 general elections. Dorman provides a new understanding of policymaking by analyzing defense policy in terms of three constituent parts: declaratory policy; military strategy and procurement policy.

Contents:

2 British Defence Policy in May 1979 16

3 Defence under Pym, May 1979-January 1981 32

4 John Nott, January 1981-January 1983 63

5 Michael Heseltine, January 1983-January 1986 100

6 George Younger, January 1986-July 1989 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-213) and index.

ISBN:

0333947096

OCLC:

48176652