Author: Donald L. Pilling
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: defense, policy, studies, procurement, competition
Number of Pages: 62
Published: 1989-09
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0815770812
ISBN-13: 9780815770817
Author: Martin Binkin
Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr
Keywords: defense, policy, studies, manpower, military, technology
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 1986-08
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0815709773
ISBN-13: 9780815709770
Authors:Todd Sandler, Keith Hartley,
Publisher: North Holland
Keywords: defense, world, globalized, economics, handbook
Number of Pages: 698
Published: 2007-05-29
List price: $154.95
ISBN-10: 0444519106
ISBN-13: 9780444519108
The second volume of the Handbook of Defense Economics addresses defense needs, practices, threats, and policies in the modern era of globalization. This new era concerns the enhanced cross-border flows of all kinds (e.g., capital and labor flows, revolutionary rhetoric, guerrillas, and terrorists) including the spillovers of benefits and costs associated with public goods and transnational externalities (i.e., uncompensated interdependencies affecting two or more nations). These ever-increasing flows mean that military armaments and armies are less able to keep out security threats. Thus,
Author: Kevin Michalowski
Publisher: Gun Digest Books
Keywords: defense, amp, accessories, personal, guns, digest, book, gun
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-10-27
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 087349931X
ISBN-13: 9780873499316
Personal protection is a hot topic today, and current, complete information on the handguns used for it is in great demand. This Gun Digest? new release provides just that. Handgun enthusiasts or anyone looking to find out about handguns for personal defense will find everything they need to know in the pages of this comprehensive guide and reference.Readers will learn the basics of selection and use of handguns for personal defense. The book covers uses of revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, ammunition, holsters, firearms training options, buying a used gun and much more. A catalog section con
Author: Kathleen Hicks
Publisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Keywords: defense, key, reforms, assessment, initiatives, organizational, transitioning
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2008-12-17
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0892065613
ISBN-13: 9780892065615
The CSIS U.S. Defense and National Security Group and Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group examined eight years of defense reforms during the administration of George W. Bush and identified for the incoming administration (1) successful reforms to maintain, (2) partially successful reforms to improve, (3) and failed experiments to halt. Presidential transitions often bring the promise of new opportunities and the threat of reversing key advances. With this in mind, the CSIS U.S. Defense and National Security Group and the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group conducted a study aimed at infor
Author: National Research Council (U. S.)
Publisher: National Academy Press
Keywords: defense, national, needs, meeting, manufacturing, changing
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 1999-02
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0309063760
ISBN-13: 9780309063760
This handbook sets forth a vision for the America’s defence manufacturing, including policies, technologies, systems, processes, practices and financial implications. Eight specific trends are forecast -defence spending, the relationship between defence and commercial industries, the nature of the threat to the nation, the emergence of new technologies, and other areas - and their implications for defence manufacturing are explored. The committee describes manufacturing advancements that are around the corner - virtual enterprise, and more - and examines how these breakthroughs will like
Author: Committee on Air Force and Department of Defense A
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: defense, aerospace, propulsion, needs, department, force, united, states, air, review
Number of Pages: 289
Published: 2006-12-14
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309102472
ISBN-13: 9780309102476
