Financing Armed Conflict, Volume 2

Resourcing US Military Interventions from the Spanish-American War to Vietnam
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-54992-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 379 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 6165 g

This second part of a two-volume series examines in detail the financing of America’s major wars from the Spanish-American War to the Vietnam War. It interweaves analyses of political policy, military strategy and operations, and war finance and economic mobilization with examinations of the events of America’s major armed conflicts, offering useful case studies for students of military history and spending policy, policymakers, military comptrollers, and officers in training.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meagher, Thomas M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Invasion und Besatzung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Defining U.S. Strategic Resourcing Culture.- The Golden Age of American Imperialism - Resourcing the Spanish - American War.- The War to End All Wars – Wilsonian Democracy and Resourcing World War One.- Defeating the Axis of Evil - Resourcing World War Two.- Communism Contained - Resourcing the Korean War.- The Never Ending Nightmare - Resourcing the Vietnam War.

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas M. Meagher is Adjunct Professor at Armstrong State University, USA. He spent twenty-five years in the national security field, including time as an active duty Army officer, ten years in financial analysis and investor relations positions in the defense industry, and another decade as an award-winning Wall Street equity research analyst following publicly traded defense and government services contractors. He is currently researching and writing a complementary two part volume on resourcing European and Asian Military Interventions from the War of the Spanish Succession to World War Two.