Defence Science and Technology
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Defence Science and Technology (1993) discusses the key questions surrounding defence and civil industry, highlighting the complex nature of this relationship and the equally complex determinants of corporate government policy in this area. Defence-related industries are central to the economies of most of the advanced nations, with defence and civil industrial bases often inextricably linked.
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1. Defence Science and Technology: Setting the Scene R. Coopey, G. Spinardi and M. Uttley Part 1. Issues in Defence Science and Technology 2. The Political Economy of Defence R&D: Burden or Benefit? D. Buck and K. Hartley 3. Technology Dependence: the Hidden Side of Defence Research and Development M. Edmonds Part 2. Case Studies 4. Restructuring Civil and Military Science and Technology: the Ministry of Technology in the 1960s R. Coopey 5. The Technological Impact of a Defence Research Establishment D. MacKenzie and G. Spinardi 6. British Helicopter Developments 1945-1960: Government Technology Policy in a Changing Defence Environment M. Uttley Part 3. Industry, Procurement and Conversion 7. Changes in Defence Procurement and the European Technology Base P. Gummett and W. Walker 8. The Political Economy of International Collaboration K. Hartley and S. Martin 9. Defence Technology, Industrial Structure and Arms Conversion S. Schofield