Introduction: Fifty Years of Arms, Politics, and the Economy
xv
Robert Higgs
Baruch, the New Deal and the Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex
1
(21)
Jordan A. Schwarz
Public Goods, Politics, and Two Cheers for the Military-Industrial Complex
22
(15)
Dwight R. Lee
National Defense and the Public-Goods Problem
37
(24)
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Don Lavoie
Blue Ribbon Defense Commissions: The Acquisition of Major Weapon Systems
61
(43)
William E. Kovacic
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Public Regulation of the Weapons Acquisition Process
104
(28)
William E. Kovacic
Models of Arms Transfer in American Foreign Policy: Carter's Restraint and Reagan's Promotion, 1977-1987
132
(23)
Ilan Peleg
Contributions to Federal Election Campaigns by Government Contractors
155
(19)
Frank R. Lichtenberg
Congress and the Defense Budget: Parochialism or Policy?
174
(28)
James M. Lindsay
Patterns of Congressional Influence in Defense Contracting
202
(34)
Kenneth R. Mayer
Department of Defense Attempts to Close Military Bases: The Political Economy of Congressional Resistance
236
(45)
Charlotte Twight
Notes on Contributors
281
(3)
Index
284
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