Military economics : the interaction of power and money / Ron Smith.

Collection type	Library
Author	Smith, Ron Ph. D.;
Call Number	338.47355 S658m
Document type	Monograph
Year	2009.
Pagination	viii, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan,
Note	Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-187) and index. "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.
Place made	Basingstoke [England] ; New York :

Abstract

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? * Individu al 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 Ar ms 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 * Ec onomic Warfare * UNDERSTANDING MILITARY ECONOMICS * Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, References, Index INTRODUCTION * Economics * The Military * Values * Facts * Theories * POWER AND MONEY * Producing Security * Militarism * Economic Concepts * Uncertaint y * 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 armi ng * 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 * Techn ology * 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.