Accounting at War

The Politics of Military Finance

Warwick Funnell, Michele Chwastiak

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Routledge
08 June 2018

Military administration; Accounting

Series: Routledge New Works in Accounting History

Accounting is frequently portrayed as a value free mechanism for allocating resources and ensuring they are employed in the most efficient manner. Contrary to this popular opinion, the research presented in Accounting at War demonstrates that accounting for military forces is primarily a political practice. Throughout history, military force has been so pervasive that no community of any degree of complexity has succeeded in.

Through to the present day, for all nation states, accounting for the military and its operations has primarily served broader political purposes. From the Crimean War to the War on Terror, accounting has been used to assert civilian control over the military, instill rational business practices on war, and create the visibilities and invisibilities necessary to legitimize the use of force.

Accounting at War emphasizes the significant power that financial and accounting controls gave to political elites and the impact of these controls on military performance. Accounting at War examines the effects of these controls in wars such as the Crimean, South African and Vietnam wars. Accounting at War also emphasizes how accounting has provided the means to rationalize and normalize violence, which has often contributed to the acceleration and expansion of war.

Aimed at researchers and academics in the fields of accounting, accounting history, political management and sociology, Accounting at War represents a unique and critical perspective to this cutting-edge research field.

By: Warwick Funnell, Michele Chwastiak
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781138616738
ISBN 10: 1138616737
Series: Routledge New Works in Accounting History
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 08 June 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Pathological Responses to Accounting Controls in the Crimean War. Chapter 3. Accounting for Military Failure in the South African War. Chapter 4. Military Accounting and the Business of War. Chapter 5. Taming the Untamable: Planning, Programing and Budgeting and the Normalization of War. Chapter 6. Rationality, Performance Measures and Representations of Reality in the Vietnam War. Chapter 7. The Holocaust, Accounting and the Denial of Humanity. Chapter 8. Rendering Death and Destruction Visible: Counting the Costs of War. Chapter 9. Commodifying State Crime: Accounting for ""Extraordinary Rendition"" References Index"

Professor Warwick Funnell is Professor of Accounting and Public Sector Accountability and Head of Accounting and Finance Group at Kent Business School, UK Michele Chwastiak is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, USA