Arms Conversion and the Defence Industry in the United Kingdom

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Jan Oberg , 'Is the Conversion Idea to be Converted', in H. Tuomi and R. Vayrynen (eds.), Militarization and Arms Production, 1983.

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Russell Fleming , 'Polaris and Trident - the Myths and Realities of Employment', Alternative Employment Study Group, 1985.

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Bernard Harbor , British Aerospace - A Kingston Perspective 1986 .

Sue Willett , 'Lost Jobs, Wasted Skills - The Impact of Defence Procurement on the Electronics Sector in London', GLCC 1987.

Arthur Taylor , A Better Future for Future Defence Jobs in the South West, 1985.

Peter Southwood and Steve Schofield , 'Warship Yard Workers - A survey of attitudes to defence and civilian production at VSEL, Barrow' ACG Report No. 1, 1987.

Peter Southwood , 'The UK Defence Industry: Characteristics of the main UK defence equipment manufacturers which are also relevant to a credible arms conversion strategy', Peace Studies Research Reports No. 8, September 1985.

This section is based on Peter Southwood , 'Arms Conversion and the United Kingdom Defence Industry: An evaluation of policies for the diversification and conversion of military industries', Ph. D. thesis, University of Bradford , 1988.