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...

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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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
A primer on military strategy, posture, and budgets
Nuclear weapons and missile defenses
Conventional military forces and operations
Homeland security
Hard power in the State Department and foreign aid programs
Conclusion.