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The $650 Billion Bargain
The Case for Modest Growth in America's Defense Budget
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2016
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U.S. defense spending isn’t excessive and, in fact, should continue to grow because it’s both affordable and necessary in today's challenging world.
The United States spends a lot of money on defense$607 billion in the current fiscal year. But Brookings national security scholar Michael O'Hanlon argues that is roughly the right amount given the overall size of the national economy and continuing U.S. responsibilities around the world. If anything, he says spending should increase modestly under the next president, remaining near 3 percent of gross domestic product.
Recommendations in this book differ from the president's budget plan in two key ways. First, the author sees a mismatch in the Pentagon’s current plans between ends and means. The country needs to spend enough money to carry out its military missions and commitments. Second, O'Hanlon recommends dropping a plan to cut the size of the Army from the current 475,000 active-duty soldiers to 450,000.
The U.S. national defense budget is entirely affordablerelative to the size of the economy, relative to past levels of effort by this country in the national security domain, and relative, especially, to the costs of failing to uphold a stable international order. Even at a modestly higher price, it will be the best $650 billion bargain going, and a worthy investment in this country’s security and its long-term national power.
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Edition
1/2016
Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-2957-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-2958-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
1
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
State of the Seucrity Environment—and the Purpose of American Power No access Pages 1 - 10
The U.S. Defense Budget in Perspective No access Pages 11 - 22
Principles of American Military Strategy and Posture No access Pages 23 - 36
A Future Military Plan and Posture for the United States No access Pages 37 - 76
The Wars No access Pages 77 - 90
Reforms and Efficiences No access Pages 91 - 110
Conclusion No access Pages 111 - 114
Notes No access Pages 115 - 134
Index No access Pages 135 - 1
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