Title: ‘Treasury Control’ and the ‘Ten-Year Rule’, 1919–24
Abstract: Historians have agreed that during the 1920s service policies were always dominated by 'Treasury control' and the 'ten-year rule'.1 They have assumed that the Treasury completely controlled service estimates while the government enforced a two-part formula which prevented the services from preparing for a great war before the end of a ten-year period. Unfortunately, scholars have distorted the nature of these factors and misconstrued the dynamics in strategic policy. These factors were interconnected, since the Treasury's power over the services did depend on the effect of the 'ten-year rule'. Whereas historians have assumed that 'Treasury control' was strong because the 'ten-year rule' was enforced, in fact, between 1919 and 1924 Treasury control was weak because the latter was not applied.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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