Prologue:The scientific revolution and public policy / Jerome Wiesner -- pt. 1. Defense and the economy: The general problem of nuclear war / Robert McNamara -- Defense expenditures and the domestic economy / Murray Weidenbaum -- On the economic burden of defense / James Tobin -- The industrial-military complex: I / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- The industrial-military complex: II / Adam Yarmolinsky -- pt. 2. Decision making in the Department of Defense: Program budgeting / David Novick -- Slow-down in the Pentagon / Hanson W. Baldwin -- The case for cost-effectiveness analysis / Charles Hitch -- pt. 3. Military research and development: Policy issues involved in the conduct of military development programs / Burton H. Klein -- Improving the efficiency of military research and development / Carl Kaysen -- Kaysen on military research and development: a comment / Paul W. Cherington -- Weapons acquisition and public policy / Merton Peck and F.M. Scherer -- pt. 4. Basic research, civilian technology, and public policy: The scientific estate / Don Price -- Research, development, and the federal budget / William D. Carey -- Federal support of basic research: I / Carl Kaysen -- Federal support of basic research: II / Harry G. Johnson -- The technology gap and the brain drain: I / Hubert Humphrey -- The technology gap and the brain drain: II / Richard Morse -- The technology gap and the brain drain: III / Harry G. Johnson -- The allocation of research and development resources: some problems of public policy / Richard R. Nelson -- Civilian technology and public policy / Edwin Mansfield.