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Author:

Kreps, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), author.

Title:

Taxing wars : the American way of war finance and the decline of democracy / Sarah E. Kreps.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

320 pages : charts ; 24 cm

Subject:

Finance, Public--United States.
War finance.
War--Economic aspects--United States.
Income tax--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Bearing the Financial Burden of War; 3 Partisan Politics in the Early Wars: Conflicts of 1798, 1812, and 1898; 4 The "Liberty Bond" Approach to War Finance: World Wars I and II; 5 From Taxation to Borrowing: Declining Fiscal Sacrifice in Korea and Vietnam; 6 "Hide-​and-​Seek" Wars: The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars; 7 Cross-​National Survey Evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, and France; 8 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index

ISBN:

9780190865306
019086530X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007032564

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)