The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation

Sakade challenges the narrative that the focus of British manufacturing went "from Empire to Europe" and argues rather that, following the Second World War, the key relationship was in fact trans-Atlantic. A valuable read for historians of British aviation and more widely of 20th century British Industry.

Autorentext

Takeshi Sakade is Associate Professor in Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University, Japan.

Zusammenfassung
Sakade challenges the narrative that the focus of British manufacturing went from Empire to Europe and argues rather that, following the Second World War, the key relationship was in fact trans-Atlantic. A valuable read for historians of British aviation and more widely of 20th century British Industry.

Inhalt

Introduction: Britain's 'new role' between Europe and the US after 1945 Part I. The Post-War British Aircraft Industry, 1943-1964 1. The origins of Anglo-American production collaboration in the first jet-age (1943-56) 2. Sandy's Defence White Paper and the Rationalisation of the British Aircraft Industry, 195760 3. BOAC's Financial Crisis and the End of the "Fly British" Policy, 196366 Part II. The British Dilemma. 1964-1969 4. The Cancellation of Britain's Top Projects, 196365 5. The Politics Behind the Plowden Doctrine: European and American Alternatives for the British Aircraft Industry 6. The "European Technological Community" and the Anglo-German MRCA project, 196669 Part III. European cooperative airliner projects and AngloAmerican Industrial Collaboration, 1968-1982 7. The second jet age and the bankruptcy of Rolls-Royce, 196771 8. Trapped in a Loveless Marriage: The Anglo-French Concorde crisis of 1974 9. Playing a Double Game: The British aircraft industry in the third jet age Conclusion