One Response to Military Costs of Major U.S. Wars

1. dan says:

   11 September 11, 2008 at 9:58 am

   I think the Iraq and Afghan war should be considered two theaters of one war. Surprising that World War I and the Civil War were relatively cheap in comparison to Vietnam and the Iraq Wars [even in 2008 dollars]…must be the heavy reliance on material, in particular an Air Force, in later wars. I believe I read that we use one private contractor for every soldier in Iraq. I’m guessing the contractors don’t come cheap either

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