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- Introduction
- 1. Defense as an Economic Problem
- 2. The Background: Defense against What?
- Part I. The Resources Available for Defense
- 3. Resource Limitations
- 4. Diverting GNP to Defense: How Big a Defense Budget?
- 5. Indirect Effects of Defense Spending
- 6. The Economic Strengths of the Major Powers
- Part II. Efficiency in Using Defense Resources
- 7. Efficiency in Military Decisions
- 8. An Illustrative Application of Economic Analysis
- 9. The Criterion Problem
- 10. Incommensurables, Uncertainty, and the Enemy
- 11. Problems Associated with Time
- 12. Institutional Arrangements to Promote Efficiency
- Part III. Special Problems and Applications
- 13. Military Research and Development
- 14. Logistics
- 15. The Economics of Military Alliance
- 16. Economic Warfare and Disarmament
- 17. Mobilization, Civil Defense, and Recuperation
- 18. Choosing Policies for Deterrence
- Appendix: The Simple Mathematics of Maximization
- Bibliography
- Index