Ruth leger sivard biography of mahatma gandhi

This report first appeared in 1964 with the title Worldwide Defense Expenditures when Ruth Leger Sivard was in charge of international economic studies at the Arms Control and Disarmamant Agency (ACDA), the United States government agency responsible for overseeing the country’s armament and disarmament. William M.

Sprecher assisted in producing this publication which received wide attention and became an official ACDA document.

Ruth Leger Sivard, Economist Who Scrutinized Military ...

In response to requests from the State Department and members of the government who needed accurate information in this field, Mrs. Sivard began collecting statistics on national spending. This was before the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) began to publish an annual newsletter, and there was no other annual issue of detailed information on world military spending.

As she responded to official requests, Ruth Sivard, who was a sociologist as well as an economist, realized that figures on arms spending would be even more eloquen Ruth Leger Sivard's 'World Military and Social Expenditures' BEXAT