Colonizing military history: A millennial view on the economics of war

Hubert Van Tuyll; Jurgen Brauer

doi:10.1080/1024269022000000877

Colonizing military history: A millennial view on the economics of war

Hubert Van Tuyll, Jurgen Brauer

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Abstract

We briefly illustrate the application of fundamental principles of economics to three episodes of military history for the second millennium AD. The periods, principles, and cases examined are, first, the European Middle Ages (1000-1300; opportunity cost; siege warfare); second, the Enlightenment and the Age of Battle (1618-1814; expected marginal costs/benefits; the decision to engage in battle); and third, the Cold War (1945-1989; substitution; France's nuclear force de frappe).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	155-173
Number of pages	19
Journal	Defence and Peace Economics
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1024269022000000877
State	Published - Jun 2003

Keywords

Force de frappe
Military history
Principles of economics
Siege warfare
The decision to join battle

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Economics and Econometrics

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