America's Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War
- ISBN-10
- 0521859409
- ISBN-13
- 9780521859400
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-29
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Hugh Rockoff
Description
This revealing book exposes the influence of economics and finance on how America waged war in the twentieth century.
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