The $650 Billion Bargain : The Case for Modest Growth in America's Defense Budget /

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U.S. defense spending isn't excessive and, in fact, should continue to grow because it's both affordable and necessary in today's challenging world. The United States spends a lot of money on defense-$607 billion in the current fiscal year. But Brookings national security scholar Mich...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Hanlon, Michael E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Defense.
United States. > Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures.
National security > Finance.
Military policy.
Expenditures, Public.
Budget.
Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Budget > United States.
National security > United States > Finance.
United States.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • State of the security environment-and the purposes of American power
  • The U.S. defense budget in perspective
  • Principles of American military strategy and posture
  • A future military plan and posture for the United States
  • The wars
  • Reforms and efficiencies
  • Conclusion.

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