Abstract
In the twenty years following World War II, British defence and foreign policy was dictated by the struggle to meet the cost of world-wide military commitments from inadequate financial resources. Part of the problem was lack of a consistent policy by successive Conservative Governments who, between 1951 and 1964, had no fewer than nine Defence Ministers. The position can be judged from Harold Wilson's observation after he took office as Prime Minister in 1964:
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