1. Introduction: Perpetuating the US Military Economy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
5. Part I. Theoretical and Historical Overview
6. 1. Introduction: Perpetuating the US Military Economy 3
7. 2. Presidential War Powers in Historical Perspective 24
8. Part II. World War II and the Politics of Defense Spending
9. 3. World War II Military Mobilization: Origins of the Rural Defense Pork Barrel 47
10. 4. From Shared Sacrifi ce to Local Subsidy: Dispersing Defense Benefi ts and Externalizing War Costs 67
11. 5. Local Defense Dependence and Congressional Weapons Spending 93
12. 6. The Distributive Politics of Defense Contracting 109
13. Part III. You and Whose Army? Expansive Presidential War Powers
14. 7. Economic Reliance and War 127
15. 8. Executive Independence in Military Affairs 161
16. 9. Conclusion: The Warfare State 179
17. Appendixes 187
18. Notes 197
19. References 221
20. Index 231