02_Department of Defense Annual Budget Authority, FY 1948-2016

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Department of Defense Annual Budget Authority, FY 1948-2016 Billions of 2011 dollars 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 1948 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 Source: U.S. Department of Defense, National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2012 (Washington, March 2011), pp. 81-86. Figures are based on the president’s budget request for 2012. Totals prior to 2012 include all war and enacted supplemental funding and do not include Department of Energy national security spending. Figures for 2012 and beyond do not include estimates of war spending.

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THE WOUNDED GIANT: America's Armed Forces in an Age of Austerity by Michael O'Hanlon

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Department of Defense Annual Budget Authority, FY 1948-2016 Billions of 2011 dollars

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Source: U.S. Department of Defense, National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2012 (Washington, March 2011), pp. 81-86. Figures are based on the president’s budget request for 2012. Totals prior to 2012 include all war and enacted supplemental funding and do not include Department of Energy national security spending. Figures for 2012 and beyond do not include estimates of war spending.