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Military economics : the interaction of power and money / Ron Smith.
Lippincott Library HD9743.A2 S65 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Ron, 1946 September 2-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defense industries.
- Military policy--Economic aspects.
- Military policy.
- Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Armed Forces.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Summary:
- "Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of military and economy, power and money is central to the modern world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of the use of organised force, with a wide range of historical and current examples"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- Economics 3
- The military 8
- Values 9
- Facts 11
- Theories 14
- Outline 17
- 2 Power and Money 19
- Producing security 24
- Militarism 28
- Economic concepts 30
- Uncertainty 38
- Economic-security interactions 46
- 3 Security: Are We Safe? 54
- Individual security 56
- National security 61
- Global security 65
- War 71
- Oil 80
- Arms races and arms control 84
- 4 Military Spending: How Much Is Enough? 88
- Military budgets 89
- Motives for arming 95
- Economic functions of the defence budget and US military spending 99
- Hard choices: UK and France 102
- An arms race: India and Pakistan 107
- Military prices 111
- Military accounts and balance sheets 113
- 5 Force Acquisition I, Demand: The Biggest Bang for a Buck? 118
- Labour 119
- Weapons procurement 123
- Technology 132
- 6 Force Acquisition II, Supply: Merchants of Death? 138
- The arms industry: DIB or MIC? 139
- The arms trade 143
- 7 Military Capability: How to Win? 149
- Force employment 149
- Morale 152
- Logistics 153
- Peacekeeping 155
- 8 Economic Choices: Swords or Plowshares? 159
- Budget constraints 160
- Economic effects 164
- echnological spin-off 165
- Economic warfare 168
- 9 Understanding Military Economics 172.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230228535
- 0230228534
- OCLC:
- 317926576
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