Financing Armed Conflict : Resourcing Us Military Interventions from the Spanish-american War to Vietnam

Meagher, Thomas M.

Palgrave Macmillan（2016/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781349715350
• DDC分類 320

Full Description

This second part of a two-volume series examines in detail the financing of America's major wars from the Spanish-American War to the Vietnam War. It interweaves analyses of political policy, military strategy and operations, and war finance and economic mobilization with examinations of the events of America's major armed conflicts, offering useful case studies for students of military history and spending policy, policymakers, military comptrollers, and officers in training.

Contents

Defining U.S. Strategic Resourcing Culture 1The Golden Age of American Imperialism - Resourcing the Spanish - American War 2The War to End All Wars - Wilsonian Democracy and Resourcing World War One 3Defeating the Axis of Evil - Resourcing World War Two 4Communism Contained - Resourcing the Korean War 5The Never Ending Nightmare - Resourcing the Vietnam War 6Epilogue - Planning a War on Three Fronts 7