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Cari koleksi dengan cepat sesuai kebutuhan Anda.War often comes down to one thing: money. The role of economics in both peace and war is arguably the most important single factor when it comes to the study of defense. The aim of this book is to provide a critical overview of the history of economic thought on defense, peace and war from its eighteenth century origins right up to the present day. Important themes covered within the book inclu…
Violent conflict, with its bloody assault on people and institutions and its invariably debilitating aftermath, is the epitome of ?development in reverse.? Sadly, as the many case studies in this book and other publications amply demonstrate, conflict and poverty are closely interwoven. Conflict blunts, and subsequently unravels, years of hard-won economic and social development. Recent researc…