Number: RS21013
Title: Costs of Major U.S. Wars and Recent U.S. Overseas Military Operations
Authors: Stephen Daggett and Nina M. Serafino, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Costs of U.S. overseas military operations, ranging from small humanitarian assistance exercises to global conflicts, are measured by determining the "incremental" costs of the actions to the Department of Defense. Several tables in this report provide data on these costs from World War I through the present.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated October 3, 2001