IMPACT OF WAR WITH IRAQ ON AMERICAN ECONOMY ABSTRACT This research paper focuses on how the American economy has been affected by the war on Iraq. ... Direct cost of war Unlike in the Gulf War, this time around the US was largely the sole financier of the operation and spent almost as much as $100 billion for military preparation and the war. ... The cost incurred during war preparation was massive. ... A "shock and awe" war strategy raised the total bill several notches higher (Stark). ... "Steadily rising unemployment, mounting consumer debt loads, a corporate sector that is still st...

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IMPACT OF WAR WITH IRAQ ON AMERICAN ECONOMY ABSTRACT This research paper focuses on how the American economy has been affected by the war on Iraq. ... Direct cost of war Unlike in the Gulf War, this time around the US was largely the sole financier of the operation and spent almost as much as $100 billion for military preparation and the war. ... The cost incurred during war preparation was massive. ... A "shock and awe" war strategy raised the total bill several notches higher (Stark). ... "Steadily rising unemployment, mounting consumer debt loads, a corporate sector that is still st...

• Word Count: 803
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This was first proved in the Vietnam War, when Americans woke each morning and watched horrific images of war being shown on channels such as CNN. ... Iraq's consequent invasion of Kuwait in 1990 was the reason for the Gulf War, a war that he thought the West would ignore but one that resulted in his forces being driven from Kuwait by an American-led coalition. ... The justification of a war just on these grounds seems to be even more hypocritical after the declaration by North Korea that they have re-started their production of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium. ... America also removed...

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Weapons proliferation is a huge problem for the entire world; however it has been a problem since World War I. There was an arms race between Germany and Great Britain that lead to World War I. The arms race between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (the Cold War), nearly lead to World War III. ... For example, the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, the Afghan government used artillery against the United States that the United States sold to them when they were fighting the war against Russia; this is referred to as deadly returns. ... Rogue states like Iraq and North ...

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One example is World War II, which started in the middle of Europe- -considered then the most civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. ... Equally Asia has been struck by fundamental changes: from the imperial China to the communist China, the Vietnam war, the Korean war, the independence of India, the Iran Iraq war, the Gulf war, etc. ... s, the war was explained as, We -as the US- will do what is needed for Iraqi people to get what they deserve as better life standards. ...

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