Military economics: the interaction of power and money/ Ron Smith.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: viii, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780230228535 (hardback); 0230228534 (hardback)Subject(s): Defense industries | Military policy -- Economic aspects | Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expendituresDDC classification: 338.47355Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 338.47355 SMI/M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P15702 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index.
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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