TY  - BOOK
AU  - RUTTAN Vernon W
TI  - Is war necessary for economic growth?: military procurement and technology development
SN  - 0195188047 (hbk) :
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - DEFENCE INDUSTRY
KW  - INNOVATIONS
KW  - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
KW  - ECONOMICS
N2  - Uses six different general purpose technologies to support the argument that without military applications these developments would have been slower or would not have taken place at all. Considers whether this trend will continue, whether alternative sources of development support will materialise, and whether major war will continue to be necessary to catalyse innovation
ER  -