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Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy

Full title: Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy
ISBN: 9780190865306
ISBN 10: 019086530X
Authors: Kreps, Sarah
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: Illustrated
Num. pages: 336
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2018

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Synopsis

Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Bearing The Financial Burden Of War; 3 Partisan Politics In The Early Wars: Conflicts Of 1798, 1812, And 1898; 4 The Liberty Bond Approach To War Finance: World Wars I And Ii; 5 From Taxation To Borrowing: Declining Fiscal Sacrifice In Korea And Vietnam; 6 Hide-​and-​seek Wars: The Afghanistan And Iraq Wars; 7 Cross-​national Survey Evidence From The United States, The United Kingdom, And France; 8 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index Sarah E. Kreps. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.