Costs of Major U.S. Wars

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gross domestic product.

Inflation (Finance).

War, Cost of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2008

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:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Costs of Major US Wars

Publisher Number:

CRS-2008-FDT-0870

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