Arms and the State
Subtitle: Patterns of Military Production and Trade (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 25, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780521558662
Subjects: Arms trade; Service industries; Politics/International Relations; Military Equipment; Political Science; History - Military / War; Industries - General; International Relations - General; Military - General; Business & Economics-Industries - General; Defense industries; History-Military - General; Political Science / International Relations
First sentence: To understand the evolutionary dynamic of the global arms transfer and production system, one must first untangle the forces that generate the demand for the production and trade in weapons and second, explain the way in which this demand may change over time.