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Arms, revenue, and entitlements : U.S. deficits in the Cold War, 1945-1991 / William Mannen.
Lippincott Library HJ2051 .M366 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mannen, William, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Budget deficits--United States--History--20th century.
- Finance, Public--United States--History--1933-.
- Finance, Public.
- Fiscal policy.
- History.
- Budget deficits.
- United States.
- Fiscal policy--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Armed Forces.
- Expenditures, Public.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- v, 191 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Arms, Revenue, and Entitlements: U.S. Deficits in the Cold War, 1945-1991 explores how defense, tax, and entitlement policies caused the U.S. government to become deficit normative during the Cold War era, arguing that only a comprehensive program can rein in deficits in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. From the Surplus to the Deficit Normative State
- 2. Austerity Abandoned: Truman, 1945
- 1953
- 3. Austerity Retried: Eisenhower, 1953
- 1961
- 4. Idealism and Overreach: Kennedy and Johnson, 1961
- 1969
- 5. Adapting to Limits: Nixon, Ford, and Carter, 1969
- 1981
- 6. Deficit Horizon: Reagan and Bush, 1981
- 1991
- 7. Overstretch in the Twenty-First Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mannen, William, 1986- Arms, revenue, and entitlements
- ISBN:
- 9781793607096
- 1793607095
- OCLC:
- 1132275340
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