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div pThese are extraordinary times in U.S. national security policy. America remains engaged in both Iraq and Afghanistan while facing a global economic downturn. Homeland security concerns still abound in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Even as the financial crisis places considerable pressure on the U.S. budget, President Obama will have to spend a great deal of time and money on national security, hard power, and war. How should these competing demands be prioritized? How much money will be needed? How much will be available, and how should it be spent?/p pemBudgeting for Hard Power/em continues the long and proud tradition of Brookings analysis on defense spending. As with previous volumes, this book examines the budgets of the Pentagon and the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons programs. But Michael O'Hanlon takes his analysis further, addressing the wide range of activities crucial for American security as a result of 9/11 and the ongoing wars. He considers homeland security resources and selected parts of the State Department and foreign operations budgetsoffering a more complete overall look at the elements that make up America's "hard power" budget, a concept tha

Author

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815703754

Subjects

Political Science, Military, Language Learning