Between Depression and Disarmament: The International Armaments Business, 1919-1939

ISBN-13: 9781108448505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 238 str.

Jonathan A. Grant

Opis

This business history elucidates the international history of the interwar period by putting the armaments sector front and center.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The Schneider-Škoda Alliance, 1919–1930; 2. Disarmament by default, the British Arms business in Eastern Europe, 1921–1930; 3. The Škoda scandal in Romania, 1930–1934; 4. Limited modernizations and surreptitious re-armaments: the aircraft business in Eastern Europe, 1920–1930; 5. Soviet re-armament, Great Depression, and general disarmament, 1930–1933; 6. Czechs and balances, re-armament and the Switch from peace to war, 1934–41; Conclusion.