A Reasonable Defense by Kaufmann, William W - 1986

Washington, DC, USA: Brookings Institution Press, 1986. BE1 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of underlining and margin marks in ink and pencil scattered throughout. This is a title in the publisher's Studies in Defense Policy series. A book that examines the language of defense American defense budgets and traces the growth of spending form national defense from 1929 to the early 1980s. There is also a discussion of changes in defense spending with an emphaisi on brograms brought about during the Reagan administration. There is also a discussion of the conditions necessary to adopt a reasonable US defense capability and budget. 113p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.