America''s Economic Way of War - War Us Economy From Spanish American War to Persian Gulf War

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Rockoff is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His publications include numerous papers in professional journals, The Free Banking Era: A Re-examination (1975), Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States (1984) and a textbook History of the American Economy (with Gary Walton). Klappentext This revealing book exposes the influence of economics and finance on how America waged war in the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This revealing book exposes the influence of economics and finance on America's decisions to go to war! how those wars were fought! and the long-term consequences for the economy. Ranging from the Spanish-American War to the Gulf War it shows the true cost of these wars for the US economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 way of war.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Edelstein, Michael Rockoff Edelstein, Hugh Rockoff, Hugh (Rutgers University Rockoff, Rockoff Hugh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521859400
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85940-0
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: New Approaches to Economic and; New Approaches to Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Modern warfare