Sophy Gardner

Department: History
Discipline: History
Research Centre/Unit: Centre for War, State and Society

Project Summary

The early politics of air power and the networks of power in Whitehall and Westminster in the inter-war years. The political, organisational and socio-cultural history of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the early inter-war years, and the RAF’s impact on inter-service competition.

Authored Publications/Reports

Sophy Gardner (1st April 2018) ‘The Prophet’s Interpreter: Sir Samuel Hoare, Hugh Trenchard and their campaign for influence’, Air Power Review, Vol 21 No 1, 48-73