Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents ix
5. Introduction
6. 1. War Potential in the Nuclear Age 3
7. Part I. Military Power and War Potential
8. 2. The Nature of Military Power 19
9. 3. War Potential: Meaning and Significance 40
10. Part II. The Will to Fight
11. 4. Motivation for War 63
12. 5. Government and War Effort 81
13. Part III. Administrative Capacity for War
14. 6. Wartime Administration 99
15. 7. The Allocation of Resources 119
16. 8. Administrative Instruments and Efficiency 142
17. Part IV. Economic Capacity for War
18. 9. The Structure of Population and Industries 163
19. 10. Foreign Trade and War Potential 199
20. 11. National Product and War Potential 220
21. 12. Wartime Changes in the National Product 240
22. 13. The Flexibility of the Economy 271
23. Conclusion
24. 14. The Present State of War Potential 297
25. Index 307