The Wounded Giant America's Armed Forces in an Age of Austerity An eSpecial from The Penguin Press【電子書籍】[ Michael O'Hanlon ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A farseeing and controversial analysis of the military America needs and the military we can afford from the director of research at Brookings.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞As total federal debt trends toward 100 percent of the GDP, and America wavers on the edge of another recession, Congress has responded with a plan for deficit reductionーmore than two trillion dollars over ten years. But its plan emphasizes some parts of the federal budget over others. Entitlements are likely to be spared, and tax reform deferred. Defense spending, however, could be cut by as much as one trillion dollars over a decade, above and beyond savings from ending current wars. This, Michael O’Hanlon argues, isn’t just unwiseーit is potentially catastrophic. Such a prospect demands that we have a serious conversation about our national security priorities in an age of austerity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Deep cuts to the U.S. military would make for brutal politics in any ordinary time, and this is no ordinary timeーour government．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る