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Razhev A. V. The British Army in 1930s: Activity of Secretaries of State for War A. Duff Cooper and L. Hore-Belisha. Izvestiya of Saratov University. History. International Relations, 2012, vol. 12, iss. 2, pp. 97-100. DOI: 10.18500/1819-4907-2012-12-2-97-100

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Russian
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World History. Британские чтения
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Article
UDC: 
[94(4)“1919/1939”:94(420)”1936/1939”]
DOI: 
10.18500/1819-4907-2012-12-2-97-100

The British Army in 1930s: Activity of Secretaries of State for War A. Duff Cooper and L. Hore-Belisha

Autors: 
Razhev Aleksandr V., Chelyabinsk State University
Abstract: 

The article reviews the activities of Secretaries of State for War of Great Britain, Alfred Duff Cooper and Leslie Hore-Belisha on specific issues of modernization of British land forces during the period of 1936–1939. The work is based mainly on archival material: memoranda and conclusions of the British Cabinet, which are available on the official site of the National Archives of Great Britain.

Key words: 
history of Britain
INTERWAR PERIOD
British Army
continental strategy
World War II
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Received: 
19.03.2012
Accepted: 
25.05.2012
Published: 
30.06.2012