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Castles, battles, & bombs : (Record no. 1512)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number	2007031667
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International Standard Book Number	9780226071640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number	0226071642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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System control number	(OCoLC)163593715
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Classification number	HB195
Item number	.B69 2008
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Classification number	355.02/73
Edition number	22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Brauer, Jurgen,
Dates associated with a name	1957-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Castles, battles, & bombs :
Remainder of title	how economics explains military history /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title	Castles, battles, and bombs
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Chicago :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	University of Chicago Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xix, 403 p. :
Other physical details	ill., maps ;
Dimensions	24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-385) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics-with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France's decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today's military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element	War
General subdivision	Economic aspects
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Military history.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Van Tuyll, Hubert P.
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