Jonathan A. Grant (Florida State University)

Between Depression and Disarmament

The International Armaments Business, 1919-1939

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathan A. Grant analyzes the connections between private business, disarmament, and re-armament as they affected arms procurement in Eastern Europe, 1919-1939. He sheds new light on the international history of the interwar period and expands the discussion of armaments beyond the realm of governments or peace movement activists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 148mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781108448505
• ISBN-10: 110844850X
• Artikelnr.: 60715194

Autorenporträt

Jonathan A. Grant is Professor of Modern Russian History at Florida State University. His previous publications include Rulers, Guns and Money (2007) and Big Business in Russia (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The Schneider-koda Alliance
1919-1930; 2. Disarmament by default
the British Arms business in Eastern Europe
1921-1930; 3. The koda 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.