Mobilization Analysis and Industrial Policy
Dilemmas and Tradeoffs
Expert InsightsPublished 1983
Dilemmas and Tradeoffs
Expert InsightsPublished 1983
The author discusses four points: (1) efficient performance of the economy in peacetime and during crisis mobilization; (2) efficient performance of government in peacetime, and during crisis mobilization; (3) deterrence by U.S. mobilization capabilities vs. cost imposition by the Soviet Union; and (4) strategic warning, war reserve materiel, and industrial mobilization.
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