Castles, battles, & bombs : how economics explains military history
2008
355.0273 B825 2008
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Title
Castles, battles, & bombs : how economics explains military history
Variant Title
Castles, battles, and bombs
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Description
xix, 403 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
355.0273 B825 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)163593715
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-385) and index.
Contents: 1. Economics -- 2. The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- 3. The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- 4. The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- 5. The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- 6. The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- 7. The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- 8. Economics and military history in the twenty-first century.
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Contents: 1. Economics -- 2. The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- 3. The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- 4. The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- 5. The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- 6. The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- 7. The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- 8. Economics and military history in the twenty-first century.
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