ABSTRACT
This is a timely collection of essays utilizing the political economy approach to military spending, primarily by the United States.
The articles deal specifically with the relationships between defense spending and:
(a) political-business cycles, public opinion and the US-Soviet relationship;
(b) military action - i.e. war;
(c) economic performance - the trade deficit, guns versus butter issues and fiscal policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Cycles in Military Spending
chapter 3|19 pages
Do Leaders Make a Difference? Posture and Politics in the Defense Budget
Defense Budget William K.Domke
chapter 4|13 pages
Too Little, but Not For Too Long: Public Attitudes on Defense
Spending Richard J.Stoll
chapter 6|30 pages
On the Domestic Political-Economic Sources of American Military Spending
Military Spending Thomas R.Cusack
part |2 pages
PART II The Political Economy of Military Spending and Military Action
chapter 8|28 pages
The Political Economy of Military Actions: The United States and Israel
and Israel Bruce Russett and Gad Barzilai
part |2 pages
PART III Defense Spending and Economic Performance
chapter 11|21 pages
Defense Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Performance
Performance Stephen J.Majeski
chapter 12|21 pages
Military Burden and Economic Hegemonic Decline: The Case of the United States Chi Huang and
Francis W.Hoole
part |2 pages
PART IV Issues in Defense Spending
chapter 13|21 pages
Issues in Defense Spending: Plausibility and Choice in Soviet Estimates
Estimates Robin F.Marra and Charles W.Ostrom, Jr
chapter 14|23 pages
Expectations and the Dynamics of US Defense Budgets: A Critique of Organizational Reaction Models John T.Williams
and Michael D.McGinnis