Research Guides: Military in Hawaii: Economic Impact

DBEDT Reports

Federal Activities in Hawaii
Includes "Profile of Hawaii-Based Armed Forces," and "Advantages of Hawaii-Based Military."
State of Hawaii Data Book, 2000-2013
Section 10, National Defense, includes tables of data on various aspects of the military in Hawaii, and Hawaii residents in the military.
Older Data Books (1967-current) are available at the Library; see record here.

How much does military spending add to Hawaii's economy? by James Hosek, Aviva Litovitz, Adam C. Resnick
Call Number: HC107 .H3 H69 2011a
Publication Date: Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 2011
The value of Hawaiʻi: knowing the past, shaping the future by Craig Howes and Jonathan Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, editors
Call Number: DU627.8 .V35 2010
Publication Date: Honolulu: Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2010

Includes the chapter, "The Military," by Kathy E. Ferguson and Phyllis Turnbull.
The price of paradise by Randall W. Roth, editor
Call Number: DU627.8 .R73 1992
Publication Date: Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1992-1993

Volume 2 includes "Military & economy" by Leroy Laney.
Fluctuations in defense spending anf their economic impact on Hawaii by Wu Yuan-li
Call Number: HC110.D4 W8
Publication Date: Honolulu, Economic Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1965
Hawaii and the business of defense; a report on the relationship of defense activities to the development of a productive supporting economy in the Hawaiian Islands by Bank of Hawaii. Department of Business Research
Call Number: HC105 .B35
Publication Date: Honolulu, 1954
Hawaii: restless rampart by Joseph Barber
Call Number: DU625 .B35
Publication Date: Indianapolis, New York, Bobbs-Merrill 1941

Discusses the three forces--missionary descendants, U.S. military, and Japan--vying for dominance of Hawaii before WWII.