>>> Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/20/99 11:15AM >>> In the review below, notice how Clinton's strategy resembles Hitler's. Does anybody know anything about Kaldor's Blitzkrieg economics? EH.NET BOOK REVIEW Published by [EMAIL PROTECTED] and EH.Net (May 1999) Neil Gregor. _Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich_. New Haven: Yale, 1998. xii + 276 pp. Bibliography, and index. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-300-07243-0. ((((((((((((((((((((((( Charles: Speaking of capitalist militarism, the forward below may be some evidence of a piece in the puzzle of $$$ motivation for war in general and the current wars specifically. Charles Brown ((((((((((((((((((((((( It's boom time once again! Just like the good old days. JSC TOP 50 PENTAGON CONTRACTORS Prime Rank Defense Contractor Contract Amt. ($ 000s) - - - 1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $12,341,236 2 BOEING COMPANY, THE INC $10,865,899 3 RAYTHEON + HUGHES $5,661,161 4 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION $3,679,867 5 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $2,690,742 6 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION $1,983,147 7 TEXTRON INC $1,837,815 8 LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC $1,644,465 9 NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC $1,546,634 10 TRW INC $1,347,903 11 CARLYLE GROUP, THE $1,328,834 12 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL $1,223,978 13 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY INC $1,161,392 14 HUMANA INC $867,453 15 GTE CORPORATION $787,073 16 ITT INDUSTRIES, INC $780,794 17 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. PLC $732,057 18 ALLIED SIGNAL INC $655,994 19 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION $646,655 20 FOUNDATION HEALTH SYSTEMS INC $592,990 21 CBS CORPORATION $567,485 22 DYNCORP $537,330 23 STANDARD MISSILE COMPANY, LLC $475,088 24 IT GROUP INC, THE $435,920 25 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION $435,264 26 TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CO. $419,973 27 AVONDALE INDUSTRIES INC $398,821 28 MITRE CORPORATION, THE $394,233 29 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHN. $371,883 30 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED $349,120 31 ROLLS-ROYCE PLC $345,054 32 AEROSPACE CORPORATION, THE $339,055 33 LONGBOW LIMITED LIABILITY CORP $331,067 34 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC $316,569 35 WORLDCORP, INC $316,215 36 HIGHMARK, INC $314,923 37 BOOZ ALLEN & HAMILTON INC $311,704 38 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY INC $305,842 39 PHILIPP HOLZMANN AG $304,869 40 NEW ENERGY VENTURES, LLC $297,075 41 FDX CORPORATION $288,999 42 HALLIBURTON COMPANY (INC) $285,623 43 UNISYS CORPORATION $281,197 44 OCEAN SHIPHOLDINGS, INC $278,784 45 GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES $265,291 46 ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP $260,804 47 NASSCO HOLDINGS INC $257,650 48 SVERDRUP CORPORATION, THE $255,834 49 SHELL OIL COMPANY $254,625 50 NICHOLS RESEARCH CORPORATION $243,722 TOTAL $62,616,108 _______________________________