TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crane,Keith
AU  - Yeh,K.C.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - Pew Charitable Trusts.
TI  - Economic reform and the military in Poland, Hungary, and China
SN  - 0833010956
AV  - HC340.3 .C72 1990
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - China
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1976-2000
KW  - Hungary
KW  - 1968-1989
KW  - Poland
KW  - 1981-1990
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-138); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This report compares the extent to which economic reforms in Poland, Hungary, and China significantly improved the operation of their economies. It also evaluates the reforms' effects on these countries' militaries, and vice versa. In general, reforms improved economic efficiency, but the improvements were most notable in the private sector; improvements in the state-owned industrial sector were marginal. All three militaries had more difficulty attracting personnel after the introduction of the reforms--private-sector opportunities became more attractive than military careers for more individuals. Increased pressures to reduce military budgets and operate the militaries more efficiently also accompanied the reforms. The militaries, in turn, affected the course of the reforms. In Poland and China, military intervention in politics retarded the implementation of the reforms
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3961/
ER  -