Karen A. Rasler, William R. Thompson

War and State Making

The Shaping of the Global Powers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1989, this is an empirical study of the impact of global war on the expansion and shaping of nation-states. Individual chapters examine the effects of such wars, and the preparation for them, on debt financing, expansion, military spending, welfare spending, GNP and domestic violence.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Library Editions: Historical Security
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780367636531
• ISBN-10: 0367636530
• Artikelnr.: 67257853

Autorenporträt

Karen A. Rasler, William R. Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. 1. Global Wars and Global Power
State Making 2. The Geopolitical-Economic Context: Rokkan and the Spanish
Case 3. The Geopolitical-Economic Context: France and the Maritime Powers
4. The Innovation of Public Debt 5. Spending, Death, and Taxes in the Long
Run 6. War and the Economic Growth Question 7. Accommodation and Violence
8. War Making and the State. Notes. References. Index.