The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age / / Roland N. McKean, Charles J. Hitch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hitch, Charles J.,; McKean, Roland N.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Enke, Stephen.; Enthoven, Alain.; Hoag, Malcolm W.; McGuire, C. B.; Wohlstetter, Albert.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 5th printing 1967. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (422 p.) :; 23 line illustrations, 22 tables
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674865884; 9783110353488; 9783110353495; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674865884
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Roland N. McKean, Charles J. Hitch.