Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 143 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesEconomicsPolitical ScienceInternational Political EconomyPolitical EconomySecurity StudiesCold WarEconomic RestructuringGlobal Political EconomyInterwar PeriodPostwar ReconstructionWar EconomyCold War HistoryCold War PoliticsPost-soviet Economic Transition
Based on extensive interviews with defence industry executives, Pentagon officials and community and union leaders, this book shows in detail how Cold War technologies have distorted and drained the economy. It is a comprehensive reassessment of the military-industrial complex now that the Cold War has ended. Ann Markusen is the author of The Rise of the Gunbelt.