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This book will appeal to persons interested in national security issues and, more specifically, to those who may want to know more about the manpower and recruiting problems facing the military of the future. The editors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines including economics, political science, psychology, sociology, operations research, education, and public administration. This book will also appeal to persons interested in human resource issues beyond the military, as well those interested in tracking trends in the labor force, public opinion, education, youth attitudes, or society in general.

Contents: Preface. 1. Military research and development: ethical approach and strategies. 2. Defense planning and techniques in advanced industrial democracies. 3. Supplying and working of the Doughboys in military. 4. Gains and losses in the US military. 5. Diversification and Niche Market exporting in defense industry. 6. Commitment in military systems. 7. Educational benefits and its impact on military services. 8. Conscientious objection to military service. 9. Structural and behavioral analysis of international arms market. 10. Dismantling of the defense industry. 11. Division of defense-based industries in India. 12. Economic convention and defense conversion in China. 13. Impact of Civil War and its effects. 14. Rise of the high-tech defense economy. 15. Building the military metropolis. 16. Adjustment and resistance of defense restructuring. 17. Security-welfare relationship and its evidence from Taiwan. 18. Reconstructing the politics of defense conversion. 19. Commitment and policies in the military services. 20. Maintaining peace in military for nation growth. 21. Prescription for profiteering in military. 22. Future of political economy of military spending and economic performance. Bibliography. Index.