Sanford Gottlieb

Defense Addiction (eBook, ePUB)

Can America Kick The Habit?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is based on hundreds of interviews with defense contractors, union representatives, members of Congress, state and federal officials, lobbyists, economic development professionals, and local activists. It explains how these groups and individuals cope with defense dependence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429980718
• Artikelnr.: 54200293

Autorenporträt

Sanford Gottlieb has thirty-four years of experience in military-related activities. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and later served as executive director for the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE), New Directions, and United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War. For seven years, he was senior producer of America's defence Monitor, a weekly television program of the centre for defence Information. He has written and spoken widely on defence and foreign policy issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 General Dynamics Digs In
2 Defense Mergers
3 Arms Sales Abroad
4 Selling to Civilian Government Agencies
5 Trying to Enter Commercial Markets
6 Flexibility: Key to Smaller Defense Firms' Survival
7 The Weapons Labs: Can Bomb Designers Help Industry?
8 Local Activists Pitch In
9 State Governments Take Action
10 Pink Slips for Defense Workers
11 Congress, Pork, and Defense Jobs
12 The Clinton Administration and Dual Use
13 The Bigger Picture
Conclusion