Is War Necessary For Economic Growth? By Vernon W. Ruttan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 219 pp. $45.00, ISBN: 978-0-19-518804-2.
The title of this book-Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?-is slightly misleading. Rather than studying the relationship between war and economic growth, it addresses a more specific topic. As the introduction states, " the purpose of this book is to demonstrate that military and defense-related R&D and procurement has been a major source of technological development across a broad spectrum of industries" [5]. The impact of defense R&D and procurement on technological development is an important issue, but a full investigation of the impact ...