Costs of Major U.S. Wars.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War, Cost of.

Gross domestic product.

Inflation (Finance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Estimates costs of major U.S. wars from the American Revolution through current campaigns in the global war on terrorism. Provides figures in "current year dollars," in inflation-adjusted "constant dollars" updated to the most recently available estimates of FY2008 prices, and cost of each war as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the peak year of each conflict and of overall defense spending as a share of GDP at the peak.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Costs of Major U.S. Wars

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