The global arms trade : a handbook / edited by Andrew T.H. Tan.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge international handbooksPublisher: London : Routledge, 2010Description: xxiv, 390 pages : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780203851456LOC classification: HD9743.A2 G56Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Contents: Part I : Introduction : The global arms trade -- Part II : Arms modernization after the cold war : Defense spending and procurement trends in South-east Asia -- Arms modernization in Asia : an emerging complex arms race -- Friends in need or comrades in arms race -- India's arms acquisition : devoid of a strategic orientation -- Japan's arms procurement after the cold war -- Arming North Korea -- Arms modernization in the Middle East -- Iran's defence spending and arms procurement -- Post-cold war defence procurement in Europe -- Defence spending and procurement in post-communist Russia -- Arms modernization in Latin America -- Part III : The arms industry after the cold war : The global arms trade after the cold war -- Globalization revisited : internationalizing armaments production -- Defence industry restructuring and consolidation in Europe -- The US defence industry after the cold war -- The United Kingdom arms industry in a globalized world -- Defence industries in Israel -- Part IV : Key issues in the global arms trade : The military industrial complex -- Defence spending and development -- Post-cold war control of conventional arms -- Insurgencies and the impact on arms procurement -- Private military and security companies and the international trade in small arms and light weapons -- Future war : the shape of arms to come.
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