Budgeting for hard power
Subtitle: defense and security spending under Barack Obama
By: Michael E. O'Hanlo.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780815702948
Subjects: Obama, Barack; United States. -- Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States. -- Dept. of Homeland Security -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States. -- Dept. of State -- Appropriations and expenditures; National security -- United States -- Finance; Budget -- United States; United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-
Description: "Lays out the issues and relative costs facing the new president: prioritizing among competing demands for defense spending, homeland-security investment, diplomacy, and security assistance; determining how much money will be needed, available, and allocated. Suggests a path for the new White House in its resource-allocation decisions affecting U.S. national security"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.