Free shipping on all orders over $79* Limited Time Only
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
The Business of Armaments : Armstrongs, Vickers and the International Arms Trade, 1855-1955 - Joanna Spear

The Business of Armaments

Armstrongs, Vickers and the International Arms Trade, 1855-1955

By: Joanna Spear

eBook | 19 January 2023

At a Glance

eBook

RRP $56.95

$48.99

14%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $12.25 with

 or 

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

How did Britain's most prominent armaments firms, Armstrongs and Vickers, build their businesses and sell armaments in Britain and overseas from 1855 to 1955? Joanna Spear presents a comparative analysis of these firms and considers the relationships they built with the British Government and foreign states. She reveals how the firms developed and utilized independent domestic strategies and foreign policies against the backdrop of imperial expansion and the two world wars. Using extensive new research, this study examines the challenges the two firms faced in making domestic and international sales including the British Government's commitment to laissez faire policies, prejudices within the British elite against those in trade, and departmental resistance to dealing with private firms. It shows the suite of strategies and tactics that the firms developed to overcome these obstacles to selling arms at home and abroad and how they built enduring relationships with states in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.

on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionHistoryEarliest Times to Present Day20th Century History from 1900 to 2000Warfare & DefenceOther Warfare & Defence IssuesArms TradeEconomicsEconomic HistoryPolitics & GovernmentInternational RelationsGeneral & World History
Weapons & Equipment

More in Politics & Government

Chasing Chi - James E. Gaylord

eBOOK

Chasing Chi

eBook

$38.99

The Menzies Era - John Howard

eBOOK

The Menzies Era

eBook

$9.99

America : Our Next Chapter - Chuck Hagel

eBOOK

America

Our Next Chapter

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%
OFF
Because He Could - Dick Morris

eBOOK

Because He Could

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%
OFF
The Case for Hillary Clinton - Susan Estrich

eBOOK

The Case for Hillary Clinton

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%
OFF
God and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life - Paul Kengor

eBOOK

God and Ronald Reagan

A Spiritual Life

eBook

RRP $33.99

$27.99

18%
OFF
God in the White House : A History - Randall Herbert Balmer

eBOOK

God in the White House

A History

eBook

RRP $28.99

$23.99

17%
OFF

This product is categorised by