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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1960Edition: 5th printing 1967. Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (422 p.) : 23 line illustrations, 22 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674865877
  • 9780674865884
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355
LOC classification:
  • UA23 .H53
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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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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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