01894nam a22001817a 4500 20220223153407.0 220214b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780203851456 HD9743.A2 G56 The global arms trade : a handbook / edited by Andrew T.H. Tan. London : Routledge, 2010. xxiv, 390 pages : ill. ; 25 cm. Routledge international handbooks 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. Tan, Andrew T.H. lcc BK 8700 16200 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2022-02-14 HD9743.A2 G56 9164/613/22 2022-02-14 00:00:00 1 2022-02-14 BK