The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation : 1943-1982 (Paperback)

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