'Historians of technology, business and war will all find interesting lessons in this book ... [a] meticulously researched and well-written account of Britain's optical munitions industry.' Technology and Culture

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Industry, 1888–99; Chapter 2 The Growth in Importance from the Boer War to 1906; Chapter 3 Expansion and Consolidation, 1907–14; Chapter 4 The Impact of War, August 1914 to mid-1915; Chapter 5 Industrial Mobilization: The Ministry of Munitions and its Relationship with the Industry; Chapter 6 The Industry’s Wartime, 1915–18; Chapter 7 Industrial Demobilization and Implosion, 1919; Chapter 8 Adaption and Survival, 1919–23; Chapter 9 Conclusion;