Economics and Modern Warfare: The Invisible Fist of the Market

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
A Critique on Current Methods....Pages 5-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-32
Creating Shortages of Supplies....Pages 33-41
Creating Shortages of Capital Assets....Pages 43-48
Creating Shortages of Human Assets....Pages 49-55
Physical Confrontation....Pages 57-62
Systempunkt Targets....Pages 63-66
Limitations and Failures of Supply Manipulation....Pages 67-70
Suggestions for Future Research....Pages 71-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-74
Preliminary Concept: Terms of Trade....Pages 75-78
Preclusive Purchasing....Pages 79-84
Resource Appropriation....Pages 85-87
Supply Exploitations....Pages 89-96
Tactical Hiring....Pages 97-102
Tactical Pricing....Pages 103-113
Trade Agreements....Pages 115-118
Currency Manipulation....Pages 119-125
Counterfeiting....Pages 127-130
Limitations and Failures of Trade Manipulation....Pages 131-133
Suggestions for Future Research....Pages 135-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-138
Economic Intelligence....Pages 139-146
Labor Exploitations....Pages 147-149
Expropriating Peoples....Pages 151-160
Equity and Debt Engineering....Pages 161-165
Equilibrium Redirection....Pages 167-171
Decision Management Modeling....Pages 173-182
Resource-Based View of Warfare....Pages 183-193
Limitations and Problems of Market Manipulation....Pages 195-196
Suggestions for Future Research....Pages 197-198
Conclusion....Pages 199-201
Afterword....Pages 203-204
Back Matter....Pages 205-211