Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?: Military Procurement and Technology Development

by Vernon W. Ruttan

Military and defense-related procurement has been an important source of technology development across a broad spectrum of industries that account for an important share of United States industrial production. In this book, the author focuses on six general-purpose technologies: interchangeable parts and mass production; military and commercial aircraft; nuclear energy and electric power; computers and semiconductors; the INTERNET; and the space industries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195188047
• ISBN13: 9780195188042
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"