ABSTRACT
The Global Arms Trade is a timely, comprehensive and in-depth study of this topic, a phenomenon which has continued to flourish despite the end of the Cold War and the preoccupation with global terrorism after 11 September 2001. It provides a clear description and analysis of the demand for, and supply of, modern weapons systems, and assess key issues of concern. This book will be especially useful to scholars, policy analysts, those in the arms industry, defence professionals, students of international relations and security studies, media professionals, government officials, and those generally interested in the arms trade.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|11 pages
Introduction
part II|177 pages
Arms modernization after the Cold War
chapter 4|13 pages
Friends in need or comrades in arms
part III|88 pages
Introduction
part IV|79 pages
Key issues in the global arms trade