| America's Economic Way of War: War and the Us Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War Contributor(s): Rockoff, Hugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521859409 ISBN-13: 9780521859400 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 330.973 |
| LCCN: 2011046107 |
| Series: New Approaches to Economic and Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rockoff, Hugh: - Hugh Rockoff is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His publications include numerous papers in professional journals, The Free Banking Era: A Re-examination (1975), Drastic Measures: A History of Wage and Price Controls in the United States (1984) and a textbook History of the American Economy (with Gary Walton). |