The Price of Prestige

index 227

perspective of, 162 – 64 ; prices and, 24 ;
procurement and, 59 – 65 ; productivity
and, 23 ; rationality and, 35 ; satire, 153 ;
science and, 132 ; Smith and, 170 n 38 ;
snob effect and, 21 ; taste and, 171 n 49 ;
utility and, 17 ; wars and, 155 ; waste
and, 27. See also specific concepts,
topics
Venus, 137 – 51
Vigneron, Franck, 47

Wade, Abdoulaye, 152
Wagner, Harrison, 155 , 156
Waltz, Kenneth N., 45 – 46
warm glow, 93 – 94 , 180 n 6
wars, 169 n 28 ; anthropology of, 110 – 11 ; arms
races (see arms races); class distinc-
tions and, 49 ; consumption and, 18 , 154 ;
deterrence and, 65 – 69 ; international
relations and, 5 ; navy (see naval power);
rationalist analysis, 154 , 155 ; second-
ary utility and, 18 ; as status symbol, 49 ;
substitute for, 16 ; Veblen effects and,
155 ; weapons and (see weapons)
waste, 17 , 21 , 27 , 110
watchtowers, 39 – 40

weapons: archery, 49 ; arms races and (see

arms races); carriers (see aircraft carri-

ers); cavalry, 49 ; deterrence and, 65 – 69 ;

diplomacy and, 175 n 7 ; military and, 30 ;

nuclear, 42 ; in peacetime, 175 n 7 ; pres-

tige and, 167 n 3 (see also arms races; and

specific topics, weapons); security and,

31 (see also security, national); tanks,

34 – 35 ; war and (see wars). See also spe­

cific types, topics, countries

Weber, Max, 35 , 44

Weinberg, Alvin M., 49 , 129

Wetherell, Margaret, 103

Wettern, Desmond, 65

white elephants, 52 , 174 n 21

Wohlforth, William, 5 , 22

World Cup, 11

World War I, 59 , 60 , 67 , 158

World War II, 60 , 62 , 67 , 92 , 102 , 111

Wylie, Lana, 111

Yes Prime Minister ( TV series), 33

Zahavi, Amotz, 14 , 21 , 38 , 102 , 109

Zahavi, Avishag, 14 , 21 , 38 , 102 , 109

Zam Zammah (cannon), 34 , 38 , 56