Format:
XIII, 161 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
0-8133-1573-5
,
0-8133-1574-3
Series Statement:
Dilemmas in world politics
Content:
In this compact yet comprehensive volume, Frederic Pearson surveys the broad terrain covered by the concept of "the security dilemma" and points out landmarks along the route proceeding from arms proliferation to economic interests. The author meticulously describes and documents the "arms supermarket": who buys weapons, who sells them, where they are produced, and how they are - and are not - used
Content:
Through a combination of data, anecdotes, illustrations, and narration accompanied by special feature boxes, we see how arms races are mounted and how they might be defused in this, the gathering post-cold war order
Content:
Governments of developed and developing countries alike talk about arms control but often fail to act in curtailing arms trade and transfers. Nowhere is the paradox of the "sovereign right to arm" more apparent than in current hot spots detailed by Pearson, including the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, North Korea, and South Asia
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Rüstung
;
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Rüstungsexport
;
Proliferation
;
Kollektive Sicherheit
;
Waffenhandel
;
Kollektive Sicherheit
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/94008108-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/94008108-d.html
