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Military economics : the interaction of power and money

Ron Smith

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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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