Cover Image

Budgeting for hard power : defense and security spending under Barack Obama /

"Lays out the issues and relative costs facing the new president: prioritizing among competing demands for defense spending, homeland-security investment, diplomacy, and security assistance; determining how much money will be needed, available, and allocated. Suggests a path for the new White H...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Hanlon, Michael E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
National security > United States > Finance.
United States > Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States. > Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States. > Department of State > Appropriations and expenditures.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Foreign relations > 2009-2017.
Budget > United States.
Description
Summary:"Lays out the issues and relative costs facing the new president: prioritizing among competing demands for defense spending, homeland-security investment, diplomacy, and security assistance; determining how much money will be needed, available, and allocated. Suggests a path for the new White House in its resource-allocation decisions affecting U.S. national security"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780815702948 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815702949 (pbk. : alk. paper)