Defense Conversion (Twentieth Century Fund Books)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: August 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780262571166
Subjects: Armaments industries; Service industries; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; USA; Economics - General; Government - National; Military Science; Business & Economics / Economics / General
First sentence: The poor economic condition of the United States in the immediate post-cold war period was caused partially by the huge increase in defense expenditures during the Reagan era, matched by a simultaneous reduction in taxes.