SIPRI Yearbook 2012
III. The United States’ military spending and the 2011 budget crisis
The United States’ budget deficit has soared since the global financial crisis in 2008, and the resulting political crisis over how to deal with it had a significant impact on the US debate on military spending in 2011. After a decade of sharp rises in military spending, the debate, particularly in the US Congress, shifted to cuts in military spending. In late July 2011 agreement was reached on legislation to reduce public spending over the next 10 years, which will also have an impact on future US military spending (unless the legislation is repealed in subsequent years).
- Citation (MLA):
- Perlo-Freeman, Sam, Carina Solmirano, Elisabeth Sköns, Olawale Ismail, Noel Kelly, Olawale Ismail, and Helen Wilandh. "4. Military expenditure." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 13 May. 2025. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-24.xml>.
- Citation (APA):
- Perlo-Freeman, S., Solmirano, C., Sköns, E., Ismail, O., Kelly, N., Ismail, O., & Wilandh, H. (2016). 4. Military expenditure. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 May. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-24.xml
- Citation (Chicago):
- Perlo-Freeman, Sam, Carina Solmirano, Elisabeth Sköns, Olawale Ismail, Noel Kelly, Olawale Ismail, and Helen Wilandh. "4. Military expenditure." In SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 13 May. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-24.xml
The SIPRI Yearbook online requires a subscription or purchase to access its full text (purchase of a print copy of the 2010-2016 yearbooks also provides access to some content). Unsubscribed users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please log in to access full text content, or find out more about how to subscribe.
If you think you should have access to this service, please contact your librarian.
Please log in to access full text content, or find out more about how to subscribe.
If you think you should have access to this service, please contact your librarian.