Castles, battles, & bombs : how economics explains military history /
From the walls of Troy to the sands of Iraq, humans have devoted staggering resources to the art and science of war. Yet while military history has long studied the economics of conflict, until now there have been few attempts to apply the principles of economics to military history. In Castles, Bat...
| Основен автор: | Brauer, Jurgen, 1957- |
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| Други автори: | Van Tuyll, Hubert P. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260100 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Castles, battles, & bombs. |
| Резюме: |
From the walls of Troy to the sands of Iraq, humans have devoted staggering resources to the art and science of war. Yet while military history has long studied the economics of conflict, until now there have been few attempts to apply the principles of economics to military history. In Castles, Battles, and Bombs, Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll reconsider key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics--with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: thoug. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xix, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-385) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226071657 0226071650 9780226071633 0226071634 9780226071640 0226071642 1281959219 9781281959218 |