The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age /

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

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (422 p.) :; 23 line illustrations, 22 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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