Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. nov. 2008 - 424 strani Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics—with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France’s decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today’s military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"In bringing economics into assessments of military history, [the authors] also bring illumination. . . . [The authors] turn their interdisciplinary lens on the mercenary arrangements of Renaissance Italy; the wars of Marlborough, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon; Grant's campaigns in the Civil War; and the strategic bombings of World War II. The results are invariably stimulating."—Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly
"This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics |
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... American Civil War and the Economics of Information Asymmetry 159 Information and Warfare 163 North , South , and the Search for Information 165 Major Eastern Campaigns through Gettysburg 168 Grant in Virginia 181 The American Civil War ...
... American Civil War 169 6.1 . Tonnage dropped on German aircraft production sites 210 6.2 . Tonnage dropped on German chemical industry 212 6.3 . Effects of bomb tonnage dropped on German railroad and fuel industry 216 6.4 . Home ...
... battle - related decision making in the Enlighten- ment years , " information warfare " in the American Civil War , the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II , or France's decision to develop atomic weaponry during the early Cold War ...
... American Civil War was the first major war fought in an industrial context. This brought, for example, new technology and, more significantly, mass production to the battlefield. In terms of information flows, three developments of the ...
... American Civil War - books alone number in the thousands - it is surprising how seldom that literature examines , as we do , the role of information in that war . Consequently , we ask the general - interest reader to overlook the ...
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The High Middle Ages 10001300 The Case of the Medieval Castle and the Opportunity Cost of Warfare | 45 |
The Renaissance 13001600 The Case of the Condottieri and the Military Labor Market | 80 |
The Age of Battle 16181815 The Case of Costs Benefits and the Decision to Offer Battle | 119 |
The Age of Revolution 17891914 The Case of the American Civil War and the Economics of Information Asymmetry | 159 |
The Age of the World Wars 19141945 The Case of Diminishing Marginal Returns to the Strategic Bombing of Germany in World War II | 197 |
The Age of the Cold War 19451991 The Case of CapitalLabor Substitution and Frances Force de Frappe | 244 |
Economics and Military History in the Twentyfirst Century | 287 |
Notes | 329 |
References | 367 |
Index | 387 |
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