The Economics of Defence Spending: An International Survey

ISBN-13: 9780415615440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 306 str.

Keith Hartley;Todd Sandler

Opis

This is an authoritative account of defence spending and policy in both developing and developed countries. The book provides case-studies and comparitive material for policy-makers, civil servants, and military staffs throughout the world.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. United States defence expenditures: trends and analysis  3. The political economy of military effort in the Warsaw Treaty Organization  4. Defence spending in the United Kingdom  5. Defence spending in France: the price of independence  6. West German demand for defence spending  7. Sweedish military expenditures and armed neutrality  8. Defence spending in Israel  9. Military security and the economy: defence expenditure in India and Pakistan  10. Military expenditures in Argentina, Chile and Peru  11. Japan's defence spending