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Author Smith, Ron, 1946 September 2-

Title Military economics : the interaction of power and money / Ron Smith
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Power and money -- 3. Security : are we safe? -- 4. Military spending : how much is enough? -- 5. Force acquisition I, demand : the biggest bang for a buck? -- 6. Force acquisition II, supply : merchants of death? -- 7. Military capability : how to win? -- 8. Economic choices : swords or plowshares? -- 9. Understanding military economics
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
Analysis Military administration
Military policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index
Notes Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION * Economics * The Military * Values * Facts * Theories * POWER AND MONEY * Producing Security * Militarism * Economic Concepts * Uncertainty * Economic-Security interactions * SECURITY: ARE WE SAFE? * Individual Security * National Security *Global Security * War * Oil * Arms Races and Arms Control * MILITARY SPENDING: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? * Measures of military Expenditure * Motives for arming * Economic Functions of US military spending * Hard Choices: UK and France * An arms race: India and Pakistan * Military Prices * Military Balance Sheets * FORCE ACQUISITION I, DEMAND: THE BIGGEST BANG FOR A BUCK? * Labour * Weapons Procurement * Technology * FORCE ACQUISITION II, SUPPLY: THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH? * The Arms Industry * Evolution of the arms trade * Regulation * MILITARY CAPABILITY: HOW TO WIN? * Force employment* Morale * Logistics * Peacekeeping * ECONOMIC CHOICES: SWORDS OR PLOWSHARES? * Budget Constraints * Economic Effects * Technological Spin-off * Economic Warfare * UNDERSTANDING MILITARY ECONOMICS * Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, References, Index INTRODUCTION * Economics * The Military * Values * Facts * Theories * POWER AND MONEY * Producing Security * Militarism * Economic Concepts * Uncertainty * Economic-Security interactions * SECURITY: ARE WE SAFE? * Individual Security * National Security *Global Security * War * Oil * Arms Races and Arms Control * MILITARY SPENDING: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? * Measures of military Expenditure * Motives for arming * Economic Functions of US military spending * Hard Choices: UK and France * An arms race: India and Pakistan * Military Prices * Military Balance Sheets * FORCE ACQUISITION I, DEMAND: THE BIGGEST BANG FOR A BUCK? * Labour * Weapons Procurement * Technology * FORCE ACQUISITION II, SUPPLY: THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH? * The Arms Industry * Evolution of the arms trade * Regulation * MILITARY CAPABILITY: HOW TO WIN? * Force employment* Morale * Logistics * Peacekeeping * ECONOMIC CHOICES: SWORDS OR PLOWSHARES? * Budget Constraints * Economic Effects * Technological Spin-off * Economic Warfare * UNDERSTANDING MILITARY ECONOMICS * Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, References, Index
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Subject Defense industries.
Military policy -- Economic aspects
Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
Defense industries
Military policy -- Economic aspects
Rüstungsindustrie
Militärpolitik
Militärausgaben
Rüstungswirtschaft
Militär
Wirtschaft
defence policy -- military strategy.
armed forces -- military expenditure -- arms trade -- arms transfers -- arms procurement.
arms industry -- arms production -- defence budgets -- defence industrial base.
Rüstungsindustrie.
Militärpolitik.
Verteidigungshaushalt.
Militärische Beschaffung.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230244672
023024467X