ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Accounting and the Crimean War -- ch. 3. Accounting on the frontline in the South African War -- ch. 4. Military accounting and the business of war -- ch. 5. Taming the untamable : the normalization of nuclear war -- ch. 6. The Vietnam War, performance measures and...

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament. Instilling effective financial control and accountability for the use of public funds and the proper conduct of public business has been an incremental...