The Changing Dynamics of U. S. Defense Spending

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Book by Leon V. Sigal; Praeger Publishers, 1999. 234 pgs.

Title Page

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Introduction

Chapter 2 the U.S. Defense Spending Context

NOTES

Chapter 3: The Shrinking Military Pork Barrel: The Changing Distribution of Pentagon Spending, 1986-1996

Appendix 3.1 Pentagon Contracts by Region, FY 1986 vs. FY 1996 (in thousands of dollars, with percent change)

Appendix 3.2 Pentagon Prime-Contract Awards by Congressional District, FY 1996 (in descending order, in thousands of 1996 dollars)

Appendix 3.3 Pentagon Contracts by State, FY 1986 to FY 1996 (alphabetical, in thousands of 1996 dollars)

Appendix 3.4 Changes in Military-Related Payrolls by State, FY 1986 to FY 1996 (in descending order by percentage change, in thousands of dollars)

Chapter 4 Playing the Add-On Game in Congress: the Increasing Importance of Constituent Interests and Budget Constraints in Determining Defense Policy

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Chapter 5 News Media Coverage of the Defense Budget

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Chapter 6 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and the Defense Industrial Base: What Did Seawolf Save?

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Chapter 7 Restructuring the American Defense Industry

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Chapter 8 False Expectations: Can Arms Exports Make Up for Cuts in Pentagon Procurement?

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Appendix 8.1 U.S. Arms Sales as a Percentage of Pentagon Procurement Outlays, FY 1987 to FY 1996 (figures in billions of constant 1998 dollars)

Appendix 8.2 Effects of a $20-Billion Cut in Defense Spending on Top Defense-Oriented Industrial Sectors

Appendix 8.3 Projected Arms Export Business by Sector, 1994-2000 (in billions of 1991 dollars, unless otherwise noted)

Appendix 8.4 Total Prime-Contract Awards under the Pentagon's Foreign Military Sales Program, FYs 1993-1996 (in millions of dollars, not adjusted for inflation)

Appendix 8.6 Top 10 Foreign Military Sales Contractors, FY 1996 (in millions of current dollars)

Appendix 8.5 Patterns of Concentration of FMS Contracts, FY 1993 to FY 1996

Appendix 8.7 Arms-Export Dependency of Major Defense Contractors, FY 1993 to FY 1996

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