2. THE BACKGROUND: DEFENSE AGAINST WHAT?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. FIGURES xii
6. INTRODUCTION
7. 1. DEFENSE AS AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM 1
8. 2. THE BACKGROUND: DEFENSE AGAINST WHAT? 7
9. PART I. THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DEFENSE
10. 3. RESOURCE LIMITATIONS 23
11. 4. DIVERTING GNP TO DEFENSE: HOW BIG A DEFENSE BUDGET? 44
12. 5. INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DEFENSE SPENDING 66
13. 6. THE ECONOMIC STRENGTHS OF THE MAJOR POWERS 84
14. PART II. EFFICIENCY IN USING DEFENSE RESOURCES
15. 7. EFFICIENCY IN MILITARY DECISIONS 105
16. 8. AN ILLUSTRATIVE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 133
17. 9. THE CRITERION PROBLEM 158
18. 10. INCOMMENSURABLES, UNCERTAINTY, AND THE ENEMY 182
19. 11. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH TIME 205
20. 12. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY 218
21. PART III. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND APPLICATIONS
22. 13. MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 243
23. 14. LOGISTICS 266
24. 15. THE ECONOMICS OF MILITARY ALLIANCE 281
25. 16. ECONOMIC WARFARE AND DISARMAMENT 301
26. 17. MOBILIZATION, CIVIL DEFENSE, AND RECUPERATION 312
27. 18. CHOOSING POLICIES FOR DETERRENCE 333
28. APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX
29. APPENDIX: THE SIMPLE MATHEMATICS OF MAXIMIZATION 361
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 407
31. INDEX 419
32. Backmatter 423