| Description |
144 pages : illustrations, charts, map ; 18 cm |
| Series |
No-nonsense guides |
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No-nonsense guides (New Internationalist Publications (Firm))
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| Contents |
Foreword / Yvonne Ridley -- 1. Overview of the global arms trade -- 2. Impact on conflicts -- 3. Impact on human rights -- 4. Impact on development -- 5. Who really pays for the arms trade? -- 6. Dirty deals -- 7. The business of death -- 8. Containing the beast |
| Summary |
"Guns, landmines, bombs and rockets - the arms trade brings death and destruction to millions of people around the world, many of them civilians. Yet most of these weapons are made in countries which are members of the UN Security Council. Exposing the cynicism, bribery, insider deals and political back-scratching which characterize today's arms trade, Gideon Burrows not only looks at the trade in conventional arms but also at the transfer of torture tools to some of the world's worst human rights abusers. Laced with personal stories of protests and encounters with the arms business, The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade is, above all, a call to action."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Arms trade |
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Defence industries |
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International disputes |
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Human rights violations |
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Subsidies |
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Corruption |
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Codes of conduct |
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Statistics |
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International comparisons |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and guide
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Arms transfers.
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Arms control.
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Firearms industry and trade.
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Disarmament.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Military supplies.
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| LC no. |
00002423 |
| ISBN |
1859844650 paperback |
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185984426X |
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