The Wounded Giant: America's Armed Forces in an Age of Austerity

by Michael O'Hanlon

A farseeing and controversial analysis of the military America needs and the military we can afford from the director of research at Brookings. As total federal debt trends toward 100 percent of the GDP, and America wavers on the edge of another recession, Congress has responded with a plan for deficit reduction--more than two trillion dollars over ten years. But its plan emphasizes some parts of the federal budget over others. Entitlements are likely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205035
• ISBN13: 9781594205033
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher