Gavin J. Bailey (Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics_x000

The Arsenal of Democracy

Aircraft Supply and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1938-1942

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a series of case studies, Gavin J. Bailey reveals new details of how Britain used American aircraft and integrates this with broader British statecraft and strategy. He challenges conceptions that Britain was strategically reliant on the US and reveals a complicated, asymmetrical dependency between the wartime allies.

Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780748647477
• ISBN-10: 0748647473
• Artikelnr.: 35686460

Autorenporträt

Gavin J. Bailey is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Dundee.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Anglo-American Relationship and the Need for Historical Interpretation
2. The Evolution of Transatlantic Aircraft Supply Diplomacy, 1938-40
3. The Diplomacy of Critical Dependency, 1940
4. Lend-Lease and the Politics of Supply, 1941
5. The Limits of Dependency. American Aircraft in Action, 1941-42
6. Heavy Bomber Supply Diplomacy, 1941-42
7. The Problem of Quality. The Fighter Supply Crisis of 1942
8. Collaboration and Interdependency
Appendix: RAF Air Strength by aircraft type on 3 Sep 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942
Unpublished sources cited in text
Bibliography.