| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 375 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Praeger books online |
| Contents |
Introduction : Challenges facing the global arms industry in the 21st century / Richard A. Bitzinger -- pt. 1. The defense industry in a global context -- Developments in the global arms industry since the end of the Cold War / SIPRI Program on Military Expenditure and Arms Production staff -- The defense "Iron Triangle" revisited / Ron Matthews -- Power, influence, and hierarchy : defense industries in a globalizing economy / Stephanie G. Neuman -- The evolution of international defense hierarchies / Philip Finnegan -- The globalization of defense industries / Keith Hayward -- The role, promise, and challenges of dual-use technologies in national defense / Kathleen A. Walsh -- pt. 2. The defense industry : regional perspectives -- The revolution in military affairs, transformation, and the U.S. defense industry / Peter Dombrowski and Andrew L. Ross -- The European defense industry in the 21st century : challenges and responses / Richard A. Bitzinger -- The Russian defense industry, 1991-2008 : from the collapse of the former Soviet Union to the global financial crisis / Eugene Kogan -- Arms and autonomy : the implications of China's defense-industrial transformation / J.D. Kenneth Boutin -- Emerging defense industries : prospects and implications / J.D. Kenneth Boutin -- pt. 3. The defense industry and the arms trade -- Export controls and their relationship to national defense industries / Francis Cevasco -- Offsets and international industrial participation / Bernard Udis -- The global small arms industry : transformed by war and society / Aaron Karp |
| Summary |
A collection of essays on the modern arms industry, examining challenges posed by globalization, regional perspectives of arms-producing countries, and the relationship between the defense industry and the global arms trade |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Defense industries.
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Weapons industry.
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Globalization.
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Defense industries -- International cooperation
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Weapons industry -- International cooperation
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globalism.
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Defense industries
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Defense industries -- International cooperation
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Globalization
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Weapons industry
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Weapons industry -- International cooperation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bitzinger, Richard.
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| ISBN |
9780275994754 |
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0275994759 |
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1567207499 |
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1282339052 |
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9781282339057 |
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9781567207491 |
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