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245 10 a| America's economic way of war :b| war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the first Gulf War /c| Hugh Rockoff.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2012.;

300 a| xii, 357 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| New approaches to economic and social history;

520 a| "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 from the Spanish-American War to the Gulf War, Hugh Rockoff explores the ways in which war can provide unique opportunities for understanding the basic principles of economics as wars produce immense changes in monetary and fiscal policy and so provide a wealth of information about how these policies actually work. He shows that wars have been more costly to the United States than most Americans realize as a substantial reliance on borrowing from the public, money creation and other strategies to finance America's war efforts have hidden the true cost of war"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-351) and index.;

505 0 a| 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 economic way of war.;

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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.

Author/creator	Rockoff, Hugh
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description	xii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Cover image
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	War--Economic aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.

Series	New approaches to economic and social history New approaches to economic and social history. ^A1092296
Contents	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 economic way of war.
Abstract	"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 from the Spanish-American War to the Gulf War, Hugh Rockoff explores the ways in which war can provide unique opportunities for understanding the basic principles of economics as wars produce immense changes in monetary and fiscal policy and so provide a wealth of information about how these policies actually work. He shows that wars have been more costly to the United States than most Americans realize as a substantial reliance on borrowing from the public, money creation and other strategies to finance America's war efforts have hidden the true cost of war"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-351) and index.
LCCN	2011046107
ISBN	9780521859400 (hardback)
ISBN	0521859409 (hardback)
ISBN	9780521676731 (paperback)
ISBN	0521676738 (paperback)

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