Sandler, Todd

The economics of defense / Todd Sandler, Keith Hartley - New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995 - xiii, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge surveys of economic literature .

Alliances, defense demand, and arms races, 17. -- The economic theory of alliances, 19. -- The demand for military expenditures, 52. -- Arms races, 73. -- Defense inputs, industrial base, and growth, 111. -- Procurement : Theories, evidence, and policies, 113. -- Military manpower, 156 . -- Defense and the industrial base, 177. -- Economic growth, development, and military expenditures, 200. -- Defense policies, trade, disarmament, and conversion, 221. -- Industrial and alliance policies, 223. -- The arms trade, 242. -- Arms control and disarmament, 260. -- Conversion, 284. -- New developments and future directions, 303. -- Nonconventional conflict : Revolutions guerrilla warfare and terrorism, 305. -- Conclusions and research agenda for the future, 336

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Economic conversion--United States.
Conversión económica--Estados Unidos.
Política militar--Aspectos económicos.
Guerra--Aspectos económicos.
Gastos militares.


United States--Defenses--Economic aspects.
United States--Military policy.

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