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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811020003321

Autore

Goldstein Joshua S. <1952->

Titolo

The real price of war [[electronic resource] ] : how you pay for the war on terror / / Joshua S. Goldstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8147-3268-2

1-4175-8821-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

973.931

Soggetti

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Economic aspects

Terrorism - Prevention - Economic aspects - United States

War - Economic aspects - United States

Government spending policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What does war cost? -- Taxes -- Budget cuts -- Debt -- Inflation -- Business under stress -- Profit and loss in wartime -- The price of failure -- A war without sacrifice? -- Sharing the burden -- Pay to win.

Sommario/riassunto

Are Americans in denial about the costs of the War on Terror? In The Real Price of War , Joshua S. Goldstein argues that we need to face up to what the war costs the average American-both in taxes and in changes to our way of life. Goldstein contends that in order to protect the United States from future attacks, we must fight-and win-the War on Terror. Yet even as President Bush campaigns on promises of national security, his administration is cutting taxes and increasing deficit spending, resulting in too little money to eradicate terrorism and a crippling burden of national debt for future