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251 notes chapter 1 1. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), “Table of Global Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles, 1945–2002,” NRDC Nuclear Program, November 25, 2002 (www.nrdc.org/ nuclear/nudb/datab19.asp); Department of Defense, “Fact Sheet: U.S. Nuclear Transparency ,” May 3, 2010 (www.defense.gov/npr/docs/10-05-03_fact_sheet_us_nuclear_ transparency__final_w_date.pdf). chapter 2 1. Todd Harrison, Analysis of the FY 2012 Defense Budget (Washington: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, 2012), p. 12. 2. 2011 Economic Report of the President (Washington: Government Printing Office (GPO), 2011), p. 90. 3. Amy Belasco, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11,” Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, RL33110, p. CRS9 (www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0933935.html#ixzz1wTNkOZe4). 4. Harrison, Analysis of the FY 2012 Defense Budget, pp. 1–86. See also table at “Estimated War-Related Costs, Iraq and Afghanistan,” Info please, 2012 (www.info please.com/ipa/A0933935.html#ixzz1wTNkOZe4). 5. See “Andrew Marshall, Who Runs Gov?” Washington Post (www.washingtonpost. com/politics/andrew-marshall/gIQAyeVSKP_topic.html). Also see www.sourcewatch. org/index.php?title=Andrew_Marshall. 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Defense Reorganization Bill,” letter to Chairman Carl Vinson, House Armed Services Committee, May 16, 1958 (www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ ws/print.php?pid=11061). 7. See Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Transmitting Draft Bill on Defense Reorganization,” letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, April 16, 1958 (www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=11351). 11-2382-0 notes.indd 251 9/6/12 4:19 PM 252 | Notes to Pages 17–36 8. See Dwight D. Eisenhower, letter to the United States Congress on Reorganization of the Defense Establishment, April 3, 1958 (www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ ws/?pid=11340#axzz1vtkUjsZ0). 9. Charles Johnston Hitch and Roland N. McKean, The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 1960). 10. Harrison, Analysis of the FY 2012 Defense Budget, p. v. Information on the GDP in 2011 is available at www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2011/aug/05/ randy-forbes/forbes-says-us-defense-spending-measured-against-g/. 11. “NATO Standardization, Interoperability and Readiness,” Hearing before the House Committee on Armed Services, September 21, 1978, p. 2. 12. Harold Brown, Statement before the House Committee on Armed Services, September 13, 1978. 13. See OECD Stat Extracts, iLibrary. 14. Harrison, Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Budget, pp. v–vii. 15. Quoted in Ruchir Sharma, “China Slows Down and Grows Up,” New York Times, April 25, 2012, p. A23. 16. Alan Sager and Deborah Scholar, “Health Costs: Behind the Numbers,” Letter to the Editor, New York Times, May 6, 2012 (nytimes.com/2012/05/07/opinion/healthcosts -behind-the-numbers.html). 17. See USgovernmentspending.com, U.S. GDP history. 18. Congressional Budget Office (CBO), “Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program” (GPO, June 2011), pp. 17–20. 19. U.S. Department of Defense, “Function 150 & Other International Programs,” Executive Budget Summary, Fiscal Year 2012. 20. CBO, “Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program,” p. 1. 21. “How Does U.S. Health Care Compare to the Rest of the World?” The Guardian (Manchester), March 22, 2010 (www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/22/ us-healthcare-bill-rest-of-world-obama). 22. Jane Perlez, “Panetta Outlines New Weaponry for Pacific,” New York Times, June 2, 2012, p. A7. 23. Harold Brown, “Annual Defense Department Report: Fiscal Year 1979,” Office of the Secretary of Defense (http://history.defense.gov/resources/1979_DoD_AR.pdf). 24. See also Frank Camm, The Development of the FIO00-PW-220 and FIIGE -100 Engines: A Case Study of Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 1993). For more on the F-16 engine, see Federation of American Scientists, “F-16 Fighting Falcon” (www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/ air/fighter/f16.html). 25. Christopher Drew, “House Votes to End Alternate Jet Engine Program,” New York Times, February 16, 2011, p. B1 (www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/politics/17-f35 -engine.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print). 26. Ibid. 27. Armed Forces History Museum, “Harrier—The Jump Jet Aircraft” (www.armedforcesmuseum .com/harrier-%E2%80%93-the-jump-jet-aircraft/); “The Harrier Jump Jet: 45 Years,” Defense Media Network (www.defensemedianetwork.com/photos/theharrier -jump-jet-45-years-photos/); “Harrier,” Discovery Chanel (www.yourdiscovery. 11-2382-0 notes.indd 252 9/6/12 4:19 PM [18.216.94.152] Project MUSE...

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