Changing direction : British military planning for post-war strategic defence, 1942-1947 / Julian Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Julian, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Influence.

Defenses.

History.

Military policy.

Great Britain--Military policy--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Defenses--History--20th century.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

Physical Description:

xcviii, 475 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.

Contents:

1 The Foreign Office Origins of Post-war Strategic Planning 1942 1

2 The Military Sub-Committee 1942-43 17

3 The Post-Hostilities Planning Sub-Committee 1943-44 55

4 The Post-Hostilities Planning Staff 1944-45 98

5 The Joint Technical Warfare Committee and the Future Nature of Warfare 1945-46 178

6 The Joint Planning Staff and an Approved Defence Strategy 1945-47 242

Appendix 1 Principal Figures in British Military Planning, 1942-47 340

Appendix 2 Directives to Specialised Post-war Planning Bodies, 1942-44 345

Appendix 3 C.O.S. Attitudes to the Soviet Union in 1944 349

Appendix 4 Revision of the Tizard Report, January 1946 354

Appendix 5 Revision of the Tizard Report, April 1946 357

Appendix 6 Foreign Office Views on the World Situation, 1946 359

Appendix 7 The Overall Strategic Plan, May 1947 370

Appendix 8 Churchill and Biological Warfare, 1944 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-442) and index.

ISBN:

0714653993

OCLC:

50999838