Militarism and industry : arms profiteering in the missile age / by Victor Perlo ; with a preface by Professor J. D. Bernal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : International Publishers, [1963].Description: 208 pages : illustrations and tables ; 21 cmOther title:
  • Militarism & industry : arms profiteering in the missile age
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.476234
LOC classification:
  • HD 9743.U6 P45 1963
Contents:
I. Introduction -- II. Armaments profits -- III. Rationalizing and hiding the profits -- IV. Foreign investment profits -- V. Military and foreign profits of giant corporations -- VI. Industrial pattern of military business -- VII. Geographical distribution of military business -- VIII. Taxes, militarism and disarmament -- IX. Economic problems of militarism and disarmament -- X. Wall Street views on militarism and disarmament -- XI. Attitudes of industrial and regional groups -- XII. Conclusion
Summary: "The book exposes the dealers in doom---the powerful interests that profit so handsomely from military contracts and other 'benefits' of the cold war. The author reveals the huge profits from the arms business and from the closely related foreign investments of the largest U.S. corporations by size, industry, location, and interest groups. He shows which regions of the country depend most upon arms for jobs." -- From the dust cover.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HD 9743 .U6 P45 1963 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19060026

The book includes tables of detailed economic statistics, appendices and an index.

Bibliographical references (pages 195-199)

I. Introduction -- II. Armaments profits -- III. Rationalizing and hiding the profits -- IV. Foreign investment profits -- V. Military and foreign profits of giant corporations -- VI. Industrial pattern of military business -- VII. Geographical distribution of military business -- VIII. Taxes, militarism and disarmament -- IX. Economic problems of militarism and disarmament -- X. Wall Street views on militarism and disarmament -- XI. Attitudes of industrial and regional groups -- XII. Conclusion

"The book exposes the dealers in doom---the powerful interests that profit so handsomely from military contracts and other 'benefits' of the cold war. The author reveals the huge profits from the arms business and from the closely related foreign investments of the largest U.S. corporations by size, industry, location, and interest groups. He shows which regions of the country depend most upon arms for jobs." -- From the dust cover.

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