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.
| ISBN: | 9780521859400 |
| Publication date: | 29th March 2012 |
| Author: | Hugh Rutgers University, New Jersey Rockoff |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 370 pages |
| Series: | New Approaches to Economic and Social History |
| Genres: |
Economic history Modern warfare History of the Americas |
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.
America's Economic Way of War features in the following genres: Economic history, Modern warfare, History of the Americas
America's Economic Way of War is available in Paperback, Hardback
America's Economic Way of War was written by Hugh Rutgers University, New Jersey Rockoff and published by Cambridge University Press
America's Economic Way of War has 370 pages
Yes it is part of New Approaches to Economic and Social History series