Episode 222 - Checking Between the Cushions for Rifles

Rearmament presented the leadership of the UK with a dilemma. The economic recovery afforded the military the means necessary to lay at least the groundwork for future success, but not in every branch. And not perfectly anywhere, which hey was the story everywhere else too. What ensued were years of back-and-forth over how the country's slender resources would be allocated.

Bibliography for this episode:

1. Shay Jr, Robert Paul British Rearmament in the Thirties: Politics and Profits Princeton University Press 1977
2. Levy, James P. Appeasement and Rearmament: Britain 1936-39 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc 2006
3. Price, Christopher Britain, America, and Rearmament in the 1930s: The Cost of Failure Palgrave 2001
4. Gordon, G.A.H. British Seapower and Procurement between the Wars: A Reappraisal of Rearmament Macmillan Press 1988

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