Abstract
Part 1 Setting the scene 1945 to 1979: defence decisons. Part 2 The decision-making process: democracy and the British constitution secrecy and defence decision-making the public accounts committee, the national audit office and the Commons defence select committee the civil service Whitehall threat assessment/defence intelligence public relations, propaganda and the media. Part 3 Francis Pym - Secretary of State for Defence 1979-1981: financial control and open government Rayner Chevaline Trident C4. Part 5 John Nott - Secretary of State for Defence 1981-1983: financial control and a defence review Trident C4 to D5 the Falklands War. Part 6 Michael Heseltine - Secretary of State for Defence 1983-1986: management and MINIS central re-organization the central components of the MOD after January 1985 Heseltine the publicist - DS19, cruise and Montebello Westland Helicopters plc. Part 6 Thatcher's defence - Command and Control?. Part 7 Reforms: freedom of information Parliament - specific Parliamentary reforms ministerial control.
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