TY - BOOK AU - Hartley,Keith TI - Defence economics: achievements and challenges T2 - Cambridge elements. Elements in defence economics, 2632-332X SN - 9781108887243 (ebook) AV - HC79.D4 H37 2020 U1 - 338.476234 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Military readiness KW - Economic aspects KW - Disarmament N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Aug 2020) N2 - This Element introduces students, policy-makers, politicians, governments and business-people to this new discipline within economics. It presents the recent history of the subject and its range of coverage. Traditional topics covered include models of arms races, alliances, procurement and contracting, as well as personnel policies, industrial policies and disarmament. Newer areas covered include terrorism and the economics of war and conflict. A non-technical approach is used and the material will be accessible to both economists and general readers UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887243 ER -