| Description |
ii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Bremer Schriften zur Konversion ; Bd. 13 |
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Bremer Schriften zur Konversion ; Bd. 13
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Economics and conflict, war, and terrorism--1. Economics and the problems of armed conflict, war, and peace--2. The concepts of economic war and economic conflicts in a global market economy----Pt. 2. Military spending and arms exports - the macroeconomic and sectoral pictures--3. United States military expenditure--4. Accounting for ams in input-output and national income acocunts----Pt. 3. The evolution of the international arms industries and the increasing role of the financial markets--5. The evolution of the international arms industry--6. Armaments groups and the financial markets: an "unlimited warfare" convention in the making?----Pt. 4. The macro-regional case of the Greek-Turkish conflict and the "Greater Middle East"--7. Reasons for Turkey's military presence in Cyprus and its potenial effects on regional stability--8. Military tension and defence spending dynamics between Greece and Turkey--9. The 'broader" Middle East and North Africa:m trancending beyond the tradional realpolitik-security mechanisms----Pt. 5. Problems of terrorism, and perspectives on a more peaceful development--10. Countering global terrorist use of biological and nuclear weapons by civil means--11. Heterodox economics and radical non-intervention - theses--12. Overcoming war and empire by incentivizing justice and democracy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
National security -- Economic aspects.
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Terrorism.
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Weapons industry.
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| Author |
Elsner, Wolfram.
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| ISBN |
3825800458 |
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9783825800451 |
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