The Evolution of British Strategic Policy, 1919-26

A study of the connections between Britain's foreign, financial and military policies during the 1920s, calling for a radical reassessment of the perceptions of this critical period. The author argues that Britain did not follow a single strategic policy, but many different ones.

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The politics of strategic policy, 1919-26; "treasury control" and the "ten year rule", 1919-24; the elements of strategic policy, 1919-26; strategic principles and service policies, 1919-20; service policies and financial policy, 1921; strategic policy and diplomacy, 1919-22; the new strategic policy of 1922; service policies and financial policy 1922-24; the road to Locarno, 1924-5; the triumph of treasury control and the ten year rule, 1925-6; conclusion - men, money and diplomacy, 1919-26.