| Description |
1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Modern British History Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Britain's "new role" between Europe and the United States after 1945 -- PART I: The post-war British aircraft industry, 1943-1964 -- 1. The origins of Anglo-American production collaboration in the first jet-age, 1943-1956 -- Introduction -- The Arnold-Towers-Slessor agreement of 22nd June 1942 -- The Brabazon programme -- British and American transport aircraft compared -- The "Fly British" policy (1945-1950) |
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Plan K aid and the US OSP -- The success of Comet and Viscount jet airliners -- The tragedy of Comet and choice of technologies -- Cancellation of V-1000 pure jet transport and Pan Am order for 707 and DC-8 -- US congressional reactions to British success -- The rush to jet engines -- The end of the OSP -- The BOAC purchase of 707-420 with Rolls-Royce Conway -- Conclusion -- 2. Sandys White Paper and the rationalisation of the British aircraft industry, 1957-1960 -- Introduction -- The Sandys White Paper and the crisis of the British aircraft industry |
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A problem with the BEA new medium-range jet order -- The TSR-2 (OR339) contract -- Approval of the report by the Aircraft Industry Working Party -- Crisis in the civil sector -- Vickers' possible retreat from the civil air business problem -- Sandys and the reorganisation of the British aircraft industry 31 "No More Boeings" -- Conclusion -- 3. BOAC's financial crisis and the end of the "Fly British" policy, 1963-1966 -- Introduction -- British-American battles over the North Atlantic route -- BOAC's financial problems -- Guthrie vs Amery -- The cancellation of the remaining ten Super VC10s |
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Waking up from the "neo-Edwardian dream"? -- Conclusion -- PART II: The British dilemma, 1964-1969 -- 4. The cancellation of Britain's top projects, 1963-1965 -- Introduction -- The TSR-2 as a nuclear umbrella East of Suez -- The American balance of payments -- The Hitch-McKean analysis of the NATO defence economy -- The European collaboration argument -- The Zuckerman system -- Commonwealth turf wars, Part I: India -- Commonwealth turf wars, Part II: Australia -- "White heat" -- The Chequers meeting in November 1964 -- TSR-3? The Washington summit in December 1964 |
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The US-UK Co-operative Logistic Agreement -- London between Paris and Washington -- Time runs out for the TSR-2 -- British domestic adjustments leading to the cancellation of TSR-2 -- Wilson meets de Gaulle -- Conclusion -- 5. The politics behind the Plowden doctrine: European and American alternatives for the British aircraft industry -- Introduction -- The Plowden Committee's visit to Paris, April 1965 -- The Anglo-American co-development of a V/STOL engine -- Discussions between the Plowden Committee and the US Department of Defense, May 1965 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The Anglo-French defence package of 17th May 1965 |
| Subject |
Industrial policy-Great Britain-History-20th century
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Aircraft industry-Great Britain-History-20th century
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Great Britain-Foreign economic relations
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United States-Foreign economic relations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000512182 |
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1000512185 |
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