The title's contrast between a war ending and another beginning leads into Neville Chamberlain's effort to buy time for British rearmament. Earlier cuts had reduced force strength and the industrial and infrastructural capacity needed to rebuild it quickly. Education and healthcare enter the defence argument because skilled, experienced, healthy workers sustain the economy and the armed forces. Carrier procurement is one part of national mobilization capacity, with results shaped by investments well beyond the defence budget.
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Why rearmament depends on national capacity
The interwar British example links military recovery to prior investment in industry, infrastructure, education, and health rather than to defence appropriations alone.