Defence Under Thatcher (Electronic book text)

Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how British defence policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher.; This period witnessed major transformations in international and domestic politics, with defence emerging from its traditional post-war position of relative insignificance to become one of the key issues at the 1983 and 1987 general elections.; Dorman provides an understanding of policy-making by analyzing defence policy in terms of three constituent parts: declaratory policy, military strategy and procurement policy.