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Financing Armed Conflict, Volume 2

Resourcing US Military Interventions from the Spanish-American War to Vietnam

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Provides a comprehensive analysis of military finance and policy throughout US history, covering in this volume the period from the Spanish-American War the to the Vietnam War
  • Analyzes military spending from multiple viewpoints, drawing from policy studies, strategic studies, history, and military studies
  • Offers a sweeping and practical perspective from a scholar with extensive experience in security, finance, and academia

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Defining U.S. Strategic Resourcing Culture

    • Thomas M. Meagher
    Pages 1-46
  3. Communism Contained: Resourcing the Korean War

    • Thomas M. Meagher
    Pages 261-303
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 341-379

About this book

This second part of a two-volume series examines in detail the financing of America’s major wars from the Spanish-American War to the Vietnam War. It interweaves analyses of political policy, military strategy and operations, and war finance and economic mobilization with examinations of the events of America’s major armed conflicts, offering useful case studies for students of military history and spending policy, policymakers, military comptrollers, and officers in training.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Armstrong State University, Savannah, USA

    Thomas M. Meagher

About the author

Thomas M. Meagher is Adjunct Professor at Armstrong State University, USA.  He spent twenty-five years in the national security field, including time as an active duty Army officer, ten years in financial analysis and investor relations positions in the defense industry, and another decade as an award-winning Wall Street equity research analyst following publicly traded defense and government services contractors. He is currently researching and writing a complementary two part volume on resourcing European and Asian Military Interventions from the War of the Spanish Succession to World War Two.

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eBook USD 79.99
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Hardcover Book USD 99.99
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