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The period from 1979 to 1986 was characterised by government attempts to control defence expenditure, ministerial change, central reorganisation in the MOD and the acquisition of new nuclear systems. These factors put it firmly in the post-1945 tradition of defence management in Britain.
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McIntosh, M. (1990). Thatcher’s Defence: Command and Control?. In: Managing Britain’s Defence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10535-9_6
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