This War Really Matters
Inside the Fight for Defense Dollars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9822293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eliot A Cohen (corresponding author), George C Wilson |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 165 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20049756 |
| OpenAlex | W628794348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Drawing on nearly 40 years of news writing focused on military issues, George C. Wilson takes the reader through a fascinating, but little understood, process: how the Pentagon and Congress spend $500,000 a minute on guns and soldiers. Interweaving personal stories and insights from the major players throughout a fast-paced narrative, Wilson provides an inside look at how the 105th Congress and the Pentagon battled for a 250 billion dollar defense budget. Wilson demystifies the 'realpolitik' among the individual armed forces and highly partisan members of Congress, as well as civilian and military leaders, thus giving a sense of the trade-offs involved on all sides. It provides exclusive interviews with major players including Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Rep. David R. Obey, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh H. Shelton relate their distinctive perspectives on how Congress allocates and the Pentagon spends defense dollars. Wilson takes a look ahead with a critical eye to the wars of the next century and asks tough questions: Are we ready for future wars or are we still preparing for the last war, the Cold War? Does the Pentagon need more money? Or can it really do its job with less
Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2011 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |