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The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age / Roland N. McKean, Charles J. Hitch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitch, Charles J., author.
- McKean, Roland N., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Economic policy.
- United States--Military policy.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Economic policy.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Edition:
- 5th printing 1967. Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- TABLES
- FIGURES
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. DEFENSE AS AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM
- 2. THE BACKGROUND: DEFENSE AGAINST WHAT?
- PART I. THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DEFENSE
- 3. RESOURCE LIMITATIONS
- 4. DIVERTING GNP TO DEFENSE: HOW BIG A DEFENSE BUDGET?
- 5. INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DEFENSE SPENDING
- 6. THE ECONOMIC STRENGTHS OF THE MAJOR POWERS
- PART II. EFFICIENCY IN USING DEFENSE RESOURCES
- 7. EFFICIENCY IN MILITARY DECISIONS
- 8. AN ILLUSTRATIVE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- 9. THE CRITERION PROBLEM
- 10. INCOMMENSURABLES, UNCERTAINTY, AND THE ENEMY
- 11. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TIME
- 12. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY
- PART III. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND APPLICATIONS
- 13. MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- 14. LOGISTICS
- 15. THE ECONOMICS OF MILITARY ALLIANCE
- 16. ECONOMIC WARFARE AND DISARMAMENT
- 17. MOBILIZATION, CIVIL DEFENSE, AND RECUPERATION
- 18. CHOOSING POLICIES FOR DETERRENCE
- APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX
- APPENDIX: THE SIMPLE MATHEMATICS OF MAXIMIZATION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-86588-X
- OCLC:
- 1013938551
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