Index

active expectations 98–99

An Affair to Remember 40

Afghanistan War 11, 34

Allied Expeditionary Force 37

allocative efficiency 69–70

American Film Institute 36

The American President 1

Antidormi, C. 59

Apian Way 54

Arrius, Q. 49

Astin, S. 84

asymmetric information xii, 3, 34, 70–71

Attenborough, R. 74

Attenborough, W. 74

Aurelius, Marcus 11

Auschwitz 3

Austin Powers 1

Austrian School of Economics 45, 47

The Avengers 40

Aviator 1

Axelson, M. 28–29, 34

Azami, Y. 34

B-17 Flying Fortress xiv, 77, 81–83, 85

backward induction 6

Badragha 31, 33

Band of Brothers viii xii, xv, 11, 87, 89, 92–93, 95–97, 99–100

Battle of the Bulge 93, 96

behavioral game theory 40

Bennett, M. 59

Berg, P. 30

The Big Pick-Up 62

blitzkrieg 63

Bocci, J. 84–86

Borgnine, E. 41

Branagh, R. 12, 74

Brécourt Manor 95–100

Breed, E. D. 37–39, 41

Breton, A. xiii, 7–8, 10

brinksmanship 32

Bristol Ferry Light 46

British Expeditionary Force 63, 74

British Parliament 46

Bronson, C. 41

Bronze Star 95

Bruttium 50, 52

Budweiser 29

bureaucracy xiii, 7–10, 34

Burns, E. 100

Busby, C. 84

Caesar, J. 54, 57, 59

Camp Mackall 93

Campania 49–50, 54

Caparza, A. 100

Capua 49–50, 52, 54–5

Cassavetes, J. 41

Cassius, C. 50

Cestus 52

Chinook helicopter 28–29

Churchill, W. 66, 70–71

Civil War 58, 100

Clare, D. 59

club goods 44–45

commitment device xiii, 11, 33–34

Commodus 12

common goods 44–45

common pool resources 44

comparative advantage 62, 73–74

competition 7–9, 21–22, 25, 46, 69

competitive firms 69

Compton, L. “Buck” 94–95, 97–98, 100

Connick, H. Jr. 84

Conspiracy xii-xiii, 7–8, 10–12

consumer surplus xii, 6

cooperation 71–72

coordination game xiii, 31

Corona 29

Crassus, M. L. xiv, 43, 50–54, 56–59

Crassus, P. 51, 58

Crassus, T. 54, 57, 59

Crixus 49, 52, 54–55, 59

Crowe, R. 12

Cruise, T. 12

Cuban Missile Crisis 32

Currahee Mountain 93

D’Arcy, J. 74

D-Day 89–90, 94, 98

Daly, D. 84–85

Damon, M. 100

Davies, J. 100

Dearborn, D. 83–85

decision nodes 6

denarii xiv, 56–57, 59

denarius 57

Deutsche Emaillwarenfabrik Oskar Schindler 2

Diesel, V. 100

Dietz, D. 29, 34

Dike, N. 96–97, 100

The Dirty Dozen xii-xiii, 11, 36–38, 40–41

Distinguished Service Cross 95

division of labor xiv, 11, 81–85

Dog Company 95, 97

Dog Green Sector 89

dominant strategy xv, 5, 71–72

Donovan, T. 84

Dunkirk xii, xiv, 11, 62, 64–74

Dye, D. 100

E Company 93

Easy Company 93–94, 96–100

economic surplus 6

efficiency xiv, 47–48, 62, 68–70, 74

Eichmann, A. 8–9, 12

“Enemies of Rome” 53, 55

“Enigma” cypher machine 75

entrepreneurs 64

entrepreneurship 8

equilibrium 22, 24, 32–33, 70

equity xiv, 62, 68–69, 74

Esquire xii

exchange xiii, 7–8, 15–19, 23–24, 26, 51

extensive form 4

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 93, 100

Fandango movie clips 34

fast thinking xv, 89, 92, 95

Final Solution 8, 10

Fletcher, D. 100

Forrest Gump 1

Foster, B. 34

Foy 96–98

Franko, V. 37–39, 41

free entry 69

free riding 49

Freisler, R. 9–10, 12

Fromm, F. 10, 12

“Fugitivus” 52–53

Gains, C. 84

game of chicken xiii, 31–33

game matrix 31–32

game theory xiv, 1, 28, 34, 40, 63, 71, 74

game tree 4

Gannicus 52, 54–55, 57, 59

General Worden 37, 41

German Home Army 10

Giuntoli, N. 84

Glaber, C. 49, 52, 59

Gladiator 7, 11–12

Gladiator War 49

Goeth, A. 2–6, 11

Goldberg, A. 100

Gomez, R. 100

Good Conduct Medal 34

Gresham’s Law 17, 26

gross national product 26

Guardians of the Galaxy 40

Guarnere, W. 94–95, 100

Guderian, H. 75

Gulab, M. 29–33

Halt Order 63, 65

Hanks, T. 100

Hardy, T. 74

Harris, R. 11

hawk-dove game 32

Heydrich, R. 8–9, 12

Hindu Kush 28, 34

Hirsch, E. 34

Hitler, A. xiii, 10, 63, 79

Holder, K. 7

Hollywood 30, 36, 52, 58, 83

Hoogesteger, V. 83–85

horizontal trust 10

Horvath, M. 89–91, 100

Hughes, F. 100

human capital 11, 64–65, 88, 97, 99

Hyannis Light 46

industrial organization xiv, 63, 69

informal payments 7

informal services 7, 10

information set 6

Jackson, D. 90, 92, 100

Jackson, R. 74

Jaeckel, R. 41

jump wings 93

Kahneman, D. xv, 87–88, 99

King Henry VIII 46

Kingsley, B. 11

Kitsch, T. 34

Klopfer, G. 9–10, 12

Kozlowski, V. 83–85

Krákow ghetto 3–4

Kritzinger, F. 9–10, 12

Kunar Province 28

Lange, R. 8–9, 12

Lassance, T. 59

Lee, B. 74

Lewis, D. 100

“Libertus” 52–53

Liebgott, J. 94, 100

lighthouses 45–47, 49

Lincoln, A. 100

Lipton, C. 94–98, 100

Livingston, R. 100

Lloyd, W. F. 58

Lone Survivor 11, 28, 30, 32, 34–35

“look forward and reason back” 6

Lowenthal, P. 83–84

Lucania 49–50, 52

lugera 56

Lumbert Tavern Light 46

Luther, M. 9–10, 12

Luttrell, M. 28–34

Luz, G. 94, 100

Magnus, G. P. 57

Malarky, D. 94–95

Major Reisman 37–39, 41

marginal benefit(s) 6, 48, 66–67

marginal cost(s) 6, 48, 66–67, 69

market structure xiv, 69

Martin, J. 94, 100

Marvin, L. 41

Mateer, D. 7

McIntyre, L. 59

McVey E. 84

Medal of Honor 34

medium of exchange xiii, 16–17, 26

Mellish, S. 90, 100

Melmastia 31, 33

Memphis Belle xiv, 77, 83–85

Memphis Belle xii, xiv, 11, 77, 83, 85–86

Mensah, P. 59

Meridus, M. D. 12

Merrells, S. 59

Messerschmitt Bf 109E 65, 74, 85

Miller, J. 89–92, 99–100

Mills, J. 74

modern theory of bureaucracy xiii, 7, 10

Modine, M. 84

monopoly xiv, 22, 69–70

Moore, R. 83–85

moral code 28, 33

“Mors Indecepta” 53–54, 57

Mount Vesuvius 49–50, 52–53, 55

Mountain Tigers 28, 33

Mrs. Bixby 100

Müller, H. 9, 12

Murphy, M. 28–29, 34

Nash equilibria 32–33, 37, 41

national defense 43–49, 51–52, 57–58, 66

national offense 48–49

national security 73

Navy Cross 34

Nazi Germany 12, 77, 80–81

Nazi Holocaust x, xii, 1, 3–4, 7–8, 34

Nazi Party Chancellery 9–10

Neeson, L. 11

negative reciprocity 40

Neumann, E. 9–10, 12

non-commissioned officers (NCOs) 94

non-excludability 44–45, 48

non-rivalrous 44–45

Normandy 37, 91–93, 100

101st Airborne Division 93

Oenomaus 49, 53, 59

Olbricht, F. 10, 12

Omaha Beach 89–90

Operation Dynamo 62, 64, 74

Operation Enduring Freedom xiii, 28, 34

Operation Red Wings 28

opportunity cost xiv, 1, 17–18, 36–37, 62, 65–66, 68, 73–74

organizational outcomes 88–89

O’Roark, B. xvi, 7

Panzer IV 92, 100

Parker, C. 59

passive expectations 98–99

payoff matrix 71–72

payoff structure 5–6

Pashtunwali xiii, 28–35

Pepper, B. 100

Petelia 52

Phoenix, J. 12

Pilot Training Manual 82

Pinkley, V. 37, 41

Plaszow Labor Camp 3

player types 3, 34

Plenipotentiary of the Four-Year Plan 9–10

Plutarch 58

Pompey the Great 57

preferences xiii, 15–16, 25–26, 37, 40, 87

private army xiv, 51–52, 54–57

private good(s) 44

privateering 48

producer surplus xii, 6

production possibilities xiv, 77, 85–86

productive efficiency 69

profit maximization xii, 2

public choice 1–2, 34, 47, 58

public goods 43–47, 49, 52, 58

pure-strategy 32

Purple Heart 34

quick reaction force (QRF) 29

Randleman, D. “Bull” 94, 100

rational decision making xiv, 62, 67, 74

Reiben, R. 90–92, 100

Reich Central Security Office 8–9

Reich Economic Office 11

Reich Foreign Office 9–10

Reich Ministry of the Interior 10

Reich Ministry of Justice 10

Reich Security Service 8–10

rent-seeking xii, 1–2, 11, 23, 25–26

reputation xii, 3–4, 6, 19, 32–33

reservation price(s) xii, 6

Ribisi, G. 100

Roman Empire 11

Roman Republic xiii–xiv, 51, 54–55, 57–58

Roman Senate xiv, 50–54, 56

Royal Air Force 65

Rudy 1

Ryan, J. 90–92, 100

Ryan, R. 41

Rylance, M. 74

Saint-Marie-du-Mont 94

Sergeant Manfridi 15, 26

Saving Private Ryan xii, xv, 11, 87, 89, 92, 99–100

scarcity xiii–xiv, 17–19, 62, 64, 74

Schindler’s List xii, 1–3, 5–7, 11, 34

Schindler, O. xii, 1–6, 11, 34

Schulz, J. 24, 26

Schwimmer, D. 100

SD Chief of Latvia 8–9

Sefton, J.J. 15, 17, 20–26

self interest xiii, 33, 36–37, 71–72

sequential game 3–4, 6

Sergeant Bowren 38

sesterces 51

sestertii 51

Shah, A. 28–30, 32–34

Sheik, S. 34

shortage(s) 18, 70, 79

signaling xii, 3, 6, 34

signal(s) 3–5

Silver Star 34, 95

Sinclair, L. 83–85

Sink, R. 93–94, 98–100

Sinuessa 54–57

Sizemore, T. 100

Sleepless in Seattle 40

slow thinking 88

Smith, A. 43, 70, 81, 83, 85

Sobel, H. 93–94, 100

social costs 26

Space Jam 1

Spartacus: Blood and Sand 59

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena 59

Spartacus: Vengeance 11, 43, 52–55

Spartacus: War of the Damned 11, 43, 53–57

Spartacus xiv, 11, 43, 49–59

Spartacus Revolt 49

specialization xiv, 11, 81–85

Speirs, R. 95, 97–100

Spitfire Mk1 65, 74

Stalag 17 xii–xiii, 11, 15, 17, 20–21, 23, 25–26

Stalag 17; Turf Club 21, 23

Stamford Harbor Light 46

Stern, I. 2–3, 11

sticky bomb(s) 91–92

Stoltz, E. 84

store of value xiii, 16–17, 26

Strait of Messina 50, 52

strategic behavior xii, 34

Stuckart, W. 9–10, 12

Styles, H. 74

subordinates 7

Suicide Squad 40

Suliman, A. 34

superiors 7

Sutherland, D. 41

Sweeney, D. B. 84

System 1 xv, 88–90, 92–100

System 2 xv, 88–90, 93, 95, 99–100

Taliban xiii, 28–31, 33–34

Taraq 30, 34–35

Third Reich 3–4, 6, 84, 94

Third Servile War xiii, 11, 43, 49–50, 52–53, 58

Thoranius, G. 49

Tiger tank(s) 91–92

Toye, J. 94–95, 100

Trinity House 46

Trojan horse 56–57

Trojan War 56

Tucci, S. 12

Tucker, B. 59

Tullock, G. 25

ultimatum game xiii, 36, 38–41

unit of account xiii, 16–17, 26

Upham, T. 90, 100

Urquhart, R. 74

U.S. Air Force xiv, 77, 84, 92

U.S. Navy Seal(s) xiii, 28, 34

U.S. Special Operations Forces 29, 34

Utah Beach 94, 97

utility-maximizing decision 5

Valkyrie xii–xiii, 7, 10–12

Varinius, P. 49, 53, 55, 59

Vietnam War 29, 36, 58

von Stauffenberg, C. 10, 12

Wade, I. 90, 100

Wag the Dog 1

Wahlberg, D. 100

Wahlberg, M. 34

Wannsee Conference xiii, 8–9, 12

West Point 95

Whitehead, F. 74

The Wild Bunch 40

Winters, R. 93–100

Wintrobe, R. xiii

Wladislaw, J. 38, 41

“Wolves at the Gate” 53–54

World War II xiv, 1–2, 7, 15, 25, 33, 36–37, 62, 73, 77, 79–81, 87, 89, 92–93, 100

“Wrath of the Gods” 53

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