The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation write by Takeshi Sakade. This book was released on 2021-12-09. The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. There is a commonly accepted belief that, during the twentieth century, British manufacturing declined irreparably, that Britain lost its industrial hegemony. But this is too simplistic. In fact, in the decades after 1945, Britain staked out a new role for itself as a key participant in a US-led process of globalisation. Far from becoming merely a European player, the UK actually managed to preserve a key share in a global market, and the British defence industry was, to a large extent, successfully rehabilitated. Sakade returns to the original scholarly parameters of the decline controversy, and especially questions around post-war decline in the fields of high technology and the national defence industrial base. Using the case of the strategically critical military and civil aircraft industry, he argues that British industry remained relatively robust. A valuable read for historians of British aviation and more widely of 20th century British Industry.
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry write by J Paul Hodgson. This book was released on 2021-03-03. Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The rich and diverse history of the British aircraft industry is captured in superb detail by the author in this weighty tome.” —Aviation News Great Britain’s aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer to design and build an aeroplane “for commercial gain.” This book tells the complete story of the 110 years since the start, all the companies formed and the aircraft they produced, highlighting the advances in aeronautical ambition and technology. It is the story of the creation, survival and decline of all one hundred and twenty-three of the aircraft design and construction companies formed between 1908 and 2018. The exhilaration of success and the magic of aviation technology are vividly illustrated by the technical and political birth stories of iconic projects, such as the Cirrus/Gypsy Moths, the Tiger Moth, the flying boats of Imperial Airways, Spitfire, Lancaster, Viscount, Vulcan, Harrier, Buccaneer and many more. The rotary wing industry is not forgotten. The birth of the jet turbine engine and the quest for supersonic speed is included. The stories of the disappointments of failure and disaster, such as the Brabazon, Comet, Princess, Rotodyne and TSR-2, and the growth of international collaboration in Concorde, Tornado, Airbus, Eurofighter Typhoon and other projects are included, in the context of the international scene and domestic politics. The conclusion highlights the prominent reminiscences and speculates on the future of the aircraft industry in Britain. “An outstanding reference book and a thoroughly enjoyable canter through the decades, from the days of wood and fabric to the modern composite structure of the wings of the A400 Atlas.” —RAF Historical Society
British Guided Missile Destroyers
British Guided Missile Destroyers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Guided Missile Destroyers write by Edward Hampshire. This book was released on 2016-05-19. British Guided Missile Destroyers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the years after World War II, new guided missile technology offered surface ships the chance to destroy airborne threats from afar, thereby preserving their role in naval warfare. This book examines the technology and combat performance of Britain's guided missile destroyers over half a century. Uniquely among modern destroyers, three of these classes have been tested in battle against the aircraft and missiles of another modern navy - in the Falklands War - as well as being deployed during the Gulf War. Written by an expert on British naval technology, this book assess the changing technology of the Royal Navy's destroyers over half a century, including an examination of the Royal Navy's newest and most capable warship, the Type 45.
War at Sea and in the Air
War at Sea and in the Air - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War at Sea and in the Air write by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01. War at Sea and in the Air available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although conflict was once restricted to land, the introduction of warships and planes eventually expanded the theater of war to include both water and sky. New combat strategies emerged with these changing technologies and dramatically impacted such events as the First World War. This comprehensive volume examines the various crafts that have shifted the front lines of war to previously unimagined heights and depths and the tactics that have accompanied these developments.
British Music Videos 1966 - 2016
British Music Videos 1966 - 2016 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Music Videos 1966 - 2016 write by Caston Emily Caston. This book was released on 2020-07-31. British Music Videos 1966 - 2016 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major new analysis of music videos from 1966-2016, identifying not only their distinctive British traits, but their parallels with British film genres and styles. By analysing the genre, craft and authorial voice of music video within the context of film and popular music, the book sheds new light on existing theoretical and historical questions about audiences, authorship, art and the creative industries. Far from being an American cultural form, the book reveals music video's roots in British and European film traditions, and suggests significant ways in which British video has impacted popular film and music culture.
