British Aircraft Industry and American-Led Globalisation - 1943-1982

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.

List of contents

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, 1957–60 3. BOAC’s Financial Crisis and the End of the "Fly British" Policy, 1963–66 Part II. The British Dilemma. 1964-1969 4. The Cancellation of Britain’s Top Projects, 1963–65 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, 1966–69 Part III. European cooperative airliner projects and Anglo–American Industrial Collaboration, 1968-1982 7. The second jet age and the bankruptcy of Rolls-Royce, 1967–71 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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Takeshi Sakade, Takeshi (Kyoto University Sakade
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367651206
• ISBN: 978-0-367-65120-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Transport industries, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Aerospace & Air Transport Industries, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts