LEADER 03574nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910808595703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-90331-6 010 $a9786612778179 010 $a1-134-90332-4 010 $a1-282-77817-X 010 $a0-203-22164-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203221648 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255130 035 $a(EBL)179863 035 $a(OCoLC)646717689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364469 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257364 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364469 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10399064 035 $a(PQKB)11778162 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179863 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179863 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060577 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL277817 035 $a(PPN)198453809 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255130 100 $a19920311d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Political economy of military spending in the United States /$fedited by Alex Mintz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-07595-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on the contributors page; Introduction: Political Economy and National Security; Elections, Business Cycles, and the Timing of Defense Contract Awards in the United States; Do Leaders Make a Difference? Posture and Politics in the Defense Budget; Too Little, but Not For Too Long: Public Attitudes on Defense Spending; Risky Business: US Soviet Competition and Corporate Profits; On the Domestic Political-Economic Sources of American Military Spending; Military Buildup, War Escalation, and Business Confidence: Wall Street's Reaction to the Vietnam Conflict 327 $aThe Political Economy of Military Actions: The United States and Israel'Guns' vs 'Butter': A Disaggregated Analysis; Guns, Butter, and Debt: Balancing Spending Tradeoffs between Defense, Social Programs, and Budget Deficits; Defense Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Performance; Military Burden and Economic Hegemonic Decline: The Case of the United States; Issues in Defense Spending: Plausibility and Choice in Soviet Estimates; Expectations and the Dynamics of US Defense Budgets: A Critique of Organizational Reaction Models; Conclusions: If the Times Are A'changing 327 $aAppendix: The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data SetIndex 330 $aThis is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States.The articles deal specifically with the relationships between defense spending and:(a) political-business cycles, public opinion and the US-Soviet relationship;(b) military action - i.e. war;(c) economic performance - the trade deficit, guns versus butter issues and fiscal policy. 606 $aDefense contracts$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xDefenses$xEconomic aspects 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 615 0$aDefense contracts$xEconomic aspects 676 $a355.033573 701 $aMintz$b Alex$f1953-$0126358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808595703321 996 $aThe Political economy of military spending in the United States$94063094 997 $aUNINA