America's economic way of war : war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the first Gu...
America's economic way of war : war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the first Gu...
America's economic way of war : war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the first Gulf War / Hugh Rockoff.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N330.97309/22
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 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.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"How did economic and financial factors determine how America waged war in the twentieth century? This important new book exposes the influence of economics and finance on the questions of whether the nation should go to war, how wars would be fought, how resources would be mobilized, and the long-term consequences for the American economy. Ranging...
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America's economic way of war : war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the first Gulf War / Hugh Rockoff.
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New approaches to economic and social history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-351) and index.
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N330.97309/22
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74VvG0ORQpN3
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ISBN
0521676738 (paperback)
9780521859400 (hardback)
0521859409 (hardback)
9780521676731 (paperback)
DDC
330.973091
MMS ID
991012730549702626
