Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how defence policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. Dorman provides a new understanding of policymaking by analysing defence policy in terms of three constituent parts: declaratory policy;
ANDREW DORMAN is Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the British Joint Services Command and Staff College. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Birmingham. He is co-editor of The Changing Face of Military Power, The Changing Face of Maritime Power and co-author of Britain and Defence, 1945-2000: A Policy Re-evaluation.
Foreword Acknowledgements Glossary of Terms Introduction Context Defence under Pym Defence under Nott Defence under Heseltine Defence under Younger Conclusions Notes Select Bibliography Index
'...a remarkably good example of a defense analysis...clear questions, concises answers and careful contemporary research.' - Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs