The three trillion dollar war : (Record no. 9570)
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fixed length control field | 01550cam a2200157 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0393067017 : |
Terms of availability | 22.95 USD |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | STIGLITZ Joseph E |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The three trillion dollar war : |
Remainder of title | the true cost of the Iraq conflict / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Joseph E Stiglitz and Linda J Bilmes |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | W W Norton, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xxiii, 311 p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Nobel prize-winning economist Stiglitz and Harvard Professor Blimes present a cold clear picture of the human and economic costs (blood and treasure) of America's ill-judged war in Iraq. The figure of three trillion is only the U.S. cost, the cost to the rest of the world is estimated at another 3 trillion dollars. The analysis is particularly hard hitting on the hidden costs (e.g. of those providing long term care for injured veterans), the lost opportunity costs, and the need for better budgetary processes. Notes also the costs borne by the UK as America's chief ally, and the costs and severe impact of the war on the people of Iraq. Concludes with specific recommendations aimed a) at ensuring better information is available to decision makers in the event of America considering another war, and b) at improving the provision of benefits and services to war veterans. The final third of the book comprises appendices: G W Bush's 2001 request to Congress for war funds, DoD casualty web sites, notes on economic methodologies, common acronyms, general notes, index. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | IRAQ WAR |
General subdivision | ECONOMICS |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | WAR ECONOMICS |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | BILMES Linda J |
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
i | 23767-1001 |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 25/04/2008 | 3 | 956.7045 STI | 23767-1001 | 30/01/2018 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |