The Political Economy of Military Spending in the United States

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Chapter 1 - Introduction: Political Economy and National Security 1
• Part I - Cycles in Military Spending 13
• Chapter 2 - Elections, Business Cycles, and the Timing of Defense Contract Awards in the United States 15
• Notes 30
• Chapter 3 - Do Leaders Make a Difference? Posture and Politics in the Defense Budget 33
• Chapter 4 - ‘Too Little,’ but Not for Too Long: Public Attitudes on Defense Spending 52
• References 64
• Chapter 5 - Risky Business: Us-Soviet Competition and Corporate Profits 65
• References 101
• Chapter 6 - On the Domestic Political-Economic Sources of American Military Spending 103
• Part II - The Political Economy of Military Spending and Military Action 133
• Chapter 7 - Military Buildup, War Escalation, and Business Confidence: Wall Street’s Reactions to the Vietnam Conflict 135
• Note 151
• Chapter 8 - The Political Economy of Military Actions: The United States and Israel 155

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Chapter 1 - Introduction: Political Economy and National Security 1
• Part I - Cycles in Military Spending 13
• Chapter 2 - Elections, Business Cycles, and the Timing of Defense Contract Awards in the United States 15
• Notes 30
• Chapter 3 - Do Leaders Make a Difference? Posture and Politics in the Defense Budget 33
• Chapter 4 - ‘Too Little,’ but Not for Too Long: Public Attitudes on Defense Spending 52
• References 64
• Chapter 5 - Risky Business: Us-Soviet Competition and Corporate Profits 65
• References 101
• Chapter 6 - On the Domestic Political-Economic Sources of American Military Spending 103
• Part II - The Political Economy of Military Spending and Military Action 133
• Chapter 7 - Military Buildup, War Escalation, and Business Confidence: Wall Street’s Reactions to the Vietnam Conflict 135
• Note 151
• Chapter 8 - The Political Economy of Military Actions: The United States and Israel 155
• Notes 176
• Part III - Defense Spending and Economic Performance 183
• Chapter 9 - ‘Guns’ vs ‘Butter’: a Disaggregated Analysis 185
• Chapter 10 - Guns, Butter, and Debt: Balancing Spending Tradeoffs between Defense, Social Programs, and Budget Deficits 196
• Chapter 11 - Defense Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Performance 217
• Chapter 12 - Military Burden and Economic Hegemonic Decline: The Case of the United States 238
• Part IV - Issues in Defense Spending 259
• Chapter 13 - Issues in Defense Spending: Plausibility and Choice in Soviet Estimates 261
• References 280
• Chapter 14 - Expectations and the Dynamics of Us Defense Budgets: a Critique of Organizational Reaction Models 282
• Chapter 15 - Conclusions: If the Times Are A’ Changing 305
• Appendix - The Political Economy of Defense Spending Data Set 317
• Index 325