Screen LibraryAmerica's economic way of war：war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New approaches to economic and social history |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 357 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521859400 (hardback) 0521859409 (hardback) 9780521676731 (paperback) 0521676738 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | E712 |
| CLC: |
E712.9 E0-054 |
| Call Number: | E0-054/R683 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-351) and index. 1. A century of war -- 2. The economics of war -- 3. The Spanish-American War -- 4. The Philippine-American War -- 5. World War I -- 6. World War II -- 7. The Korean War -- 8. The Cold War -- 9. The Vietnam War -- 10. The Persian Gulf War -- 11. The American economic way of war. "How did economic and financial factors determine how America waged war in the twentieth century? This important new book exposes the influence of economics and finance on the questions of whether the nation should go to war, how wars would be fought, how resources would be mobilized, and the long-term consequences for the American economy. Ranging from the Spanish-American War to the Gulf War, Hugh Rockoff explores the ways in which war can provide unique opportunities for understanding the basic principles of economics as wars produce immense changes in monetary and fiscal policy and so pr |