| ID | 149016 |
| Title Proper | Strategic and budgetary necessity, or decision-making ‘along the grain’? the Royal navy and the 1981 defence review |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hampshire, Edward |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 1981 Defence Review undertaken by John Nott as Secretary of State for Defence controversially and dramatically cut the capabilities of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet. Many of those involved in these decisions have emphasised the budgetary and politico-strategic drivers for these reductions in capability, and the first generation of academic analysis has broadly followed this position. However, recently released government and private archival sources demonstrate that Nott’s review was initially much more severe than thought, and that this was due as much to the presumptions and assumptions of the key decision makers as to any strategic or budgetary factors. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 39, No.7; Dec 2016: p.956-978 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 39 No 7 |
| Key Words | Defence Policy ; Royal Navy ; 1981 Defence Review ; John Nott |