Financing national defense : policy and process

• Main Authors: Jones, L. R. (Author), Candreva, Philip J. (Author), DeVore, Marc R. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
• Series: Research in public management.
• Subjects: United States. > Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures.; United States. > Department of Defense > Finance.; United States > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.; Technology & Engineering > Military Science.; Military engineering.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615711
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-679-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 489 pages)

A myth from the colonial period was that Americans could defend themselves by keeping a rifle in the closet and when needed, grab it, and march off to battle in times of crisis. Unfortunately, providing national defense is more complicated that that; indeed it was more complicated even during the Re...