The changing dynamics of U.S. defense spending /

A behind-the-scenes look at the environment for US defence policy and budgeting. It shows how the political base for defence spending is eroding and that the economic benefits of defence spending and of foreign military sales are increasingly concentrated.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sigal, Leon V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Temas:
United States. > Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States. > Department of Defense
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures
Expenditures, Public
United States > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The U S Defense Spending Context; 3 The Shrinking Military Pork Barrel The Changing Distribution of Pentagon Spending 1986 1996; 4 Playing the Add on Game in Congress The Increasing Importance of Constituent Interests and Budget Constraints in Determining Defense Policy; 5 News Media Coverage of the Defense Budget; 6 Jobs Jobs Jobs and the Defense Industrial Base What Did Seawolf Save; 7 Restructuring the American Defense Industry; 8 False Expectations Can Arms Exports Make Up for Cuts in Pentagon Procurement; For Further Reading; Index

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