United States Military Aid and Recipient Nation Defense Expenditures: A Quantitative Analysis.

Abstract

This dissertation explores the impact of United States military aid upon the defense expenditures of the recipient nations. A review of the literature concerning post-World War II military assistance efforts of the United States reveals that many scholars contend that military aid has a positive effect upon recipient nation defense spending. This positive effect can be attributed either to a direct linkage between military aid and defense expenditures or to an indirect linkage involving the nature of the regime of the recipient nation. In this latter case, military aid is seen as creating or strengthening military regimes within the recipient nation. In this latter case, military aid is seen as creating or strengthening military regimes within the recipient nations. In turn, these regimes, by their inherent nature, tend to increase defense spending.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA052611

Entities

People

  • David Lee Pearce

Organizations

  • Syracuse University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Data Science
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Assistance
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Statistical Tests
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.