How Butter Beats the Guns

The decreasing share of defence in total government expenditures reflects the fundamental choices about state functions. The main hypothesis of the research is: decreasing priority of military spending could cause lower quality of defence. The case study shows, how “punishment for military success”...

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Main Authors: Moshe Yanovskiy, Ilia Zatcovetsky
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: University of Defence 2017-06-01
Series:Obrana a Strategie
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Online Access:http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/cs/archiv/rocnik-2017/1-2017/clanky/jak-maslo-porazi-zbrane.html
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description The decreasing share of defence in total government expenditures reflects the fundamental choices about state functions. The main hypothesis of the research is: decreasing priority of military spending could cause lower quality of defence. The case study shows, how “punishment for military success” strategy undermines incentives for army officers. Historical data (military spending and rise of new military justice) support the main hypothesis.
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Law of War
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title_short How Butter Beats the Guns
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topic Universal Suffrage
Military Spending;
Military Spending
Law of War
Military Law
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