Military industrialization and economic development : theory and historical case studies
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Military industrialization and economic development : theory and historical case studies
Dartmouth Pub. Co., c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-117)
"UNIDIR--United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research."
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This book develops a framework for the analysis of the relationship between arms production and economic development in different types of economies and international conditions. Technological and organizational factors are taken into account. The case studies include Japan and Great Britain before World War I and Brazil and the USA after World War II. The main finding of the book is that the nature of the relationship, whether positive or negative, between military industrialization and economic development is context-dependent. In the rising powers the relationship tends to be positive and in the declining powers, negative. The establishment of a viable capital-goods industry and the constructive intervention of state are necessary preconditions for the military industrialization and its positive spin-off effects. A period of accelerated growth in the world economy facilitates the operation of such a spin-off mechanism. While the relationship of arms production and economic development in declining powers is necessarily complex, it tends to be negative. The basic character of military R&D and procurement means that they become self-inflicted burdens on the nation's economy.
It becomes separated from the international civilian market and its competitive pressures, thus depriving it of the dynamic factors of growth.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Science, technology and the arms race: technology - civilian and military
- linkages between civilian and military technologies
- international structure and technology
- organization, technology and the arms race
- technology and economic dynamics
- security, power and development
- the structure of the study. Part 2 Military production and the rise of Japan - 1863-1914: the Meiji restoration
- industrial development
- the Japanese military
- military industry. Part 3 Military production and British decline: the decline of Britain
- military strategy and industry
- Britain's international position
- military production and spin-offs. Part 4 Military production and the US decline: is the United States declining?
- military R military roots of the economic decline
- the semiconductor industry. Part 5 Brazil - military industrialization and technological autonomy: history of military industry
- autonomy and dependence
- the doctrine of security and development
- the arms manufacturers
- military industry - a national objective
- arms exports
- military technology and development.
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