Drawing on neo-Gramscian theories of International Political Economy, this book explores the impact of the Marshall Plan on labour and government in Britain. Rather than the US imposing a 'politics of productivity' on an unwilling government, the centre-right of the Labour Party used the Marshall Plan to achieve its own political ends. Manipulating Hegemony shows how the government was able to marginalise the left to create a pattern of state-labour politics that was to endure until the end of the 1970s.

This book was written based on the doctorate dissertation "Examining the Duplication of Flight Test Data Center (c)" of this author which studied the cost of post-flight data system duplication. Studied was why aerospace companies continue to duplicate PFP data centers, comparison to non-aerospace companies, the cost involved in equipment, and multiple relocations affecting FTEs. The research was performed from 2008 to 2011 and is applicable today.