National defense accounts for 19% of the 2011 U.S. federal budget. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Cindy Williams
MIT Course Number
17.953
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is for students who want to know how the dollars we spend on national security relate to military forces, systems, and policy choices, and who wish to develop a personal tool kit for framing and assessing defense policy alternatives.
