Britain, America and Rearmament in the 1930s: The Cost of Failure - Hardcover

by C. Price (Author)

This book is the first to challenge current orthodoxy that Chamberlain's appeasement policy before World War Two was justified by Britain's inability to pay for rearmament. The book shows that British war potential was actually massive, with a solid foundation in the existing Imperial economy. Using previously unconsidered and recently declassified documents from British and American archives the author demonstrates that the deliberate and political rejection of rearmament in the hope of eventual American support proved catastrophic for Britain.

Author Biography

CHRISTOPHER PRICE specialises in the study of British history and international relations between the world wars, and has written on British rearmament and Anglo-American political economy. Since completing his doctorate in 1998 he has worked as a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, College of Ripon and York in the Programme of American Studies. He is shortly to teach in the Department of Economics at the University of York.