'Empire and technology. Information technology policy in postwar Britain and France' in R Coopey (ed), Information Technology Policy. An international history

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Deals with the decline of IT industries in Britain and France in the postwar period but especially in the 1960s, noting the similarities and differences in this process. Seeks explanations for this decline, notably in a failure in government support but recognising that the scale of US competition and the nature of the British and French industries meant that the industry in both countries was 'beyond the influence of any government policy'. Sections include: 'Technology and economy in Britain and France - relative decline?'; 'Competing for the future - intervention in IT'; 'The Mintech [UK Ministry of Technology] years - meeting the American challenge'; 'Implementing the plan'; 'French computing and government intervention'; 'Failure of the national strategy - Britain and France compared'. Touches on individual hardware manufacturers and, more notably, Ministry of Technology