Taxing Wars —— The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy

----- 美国对战争的代价与民主的衰落

ISBN: 9780190865306 出版年：2018 页码：337 Kreps, Sarah Oxford University Press

Why have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted longer than any others in American history? One view is that the move to an all-volunteer force and drones has allowed the wars to continue almost unnoticed for years. Taxing Wars shows that the way that America pays for its wars is equally crucial. Recent wars have been financed by debt rather than taxes that hit ordinary Americans' wallets. This shift has eroded accountability and contributed to the phenomenon of perpetual war.