Arms, politics, and the economy: historical and contemporary perspectives

Foreword : the political economy of U.S. defense / William A. Niskanen

Introduction : fifty years of arms, politics, and the economy / Robert Higgs

Baruch, the New Deal and the origins of the military-industrial complex / Jordan A. Schwarz

Public goods, politics, and two cheers for the military-industrial complex / Dwight R. Lee

National defense and the public-goods problem / Jeffrey Rogers Hummel and Don Lavoie

Blue ribbon defense commissions : the acquisition of major weapon systems ; The sorcerer's apprentice : public regulation of the weapons acquisition process / William E. Kovacic

Models of arms transfer in America foreign policy : Carter's restraint and Reagan's promotion, 1977-1987 / Ilan Peleg

Contributions to federal election compaigns by government contractors / Frank R. Lichtenberg.

Congress and the defense budget : parochialism or policy? / James M. Lindsay

Patterns of Congressional influence in defense contracting / Kenneth R. Mayer

Department of Defense attempts to close military bases : the political economy of Congressional resistance / Charlotte Twight.