Sheldon D. Pollack (University of Delaware, Lerner College of Business) reviews War and Taxes (Urban Institute Press, 2008), by Steven A. Bank (UCLA), Kirk J. Stark (UCLA) & Joseph J. Thorndike (Tax Analysts), in 30 J. Am. Tax'n Ass'n 114 (Fall 2009):

War and Taxes is a useful addition to the literature on U.S. tax policy. It would be suitable for an undergraduate course on income taxation as well as a law school course on federal tax policy. Political scientists who otherwise study the “normal politics” of federal taxation will want to read this informative study of how tax policy is made during periods of war.

Sheldon is the author of War, Revenue, and State Building: Financing the Development of the American State (Cornell University Press, 2009).