| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
[BESA studies in international security] |
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BESA studies in international security.
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| Contents |
Politics and economics of defence industries in a changing world / Ian Anthony -- The economics of defence conversion / Michael D. Intriligator -- The post-Cold War American defence industry: options, policies and probable outcomes / Ann Markusen -- Too small to vanish, too large to flourish: dilemmas and practices of defence industry restructuring in West European countries / Michael Brzoska -- UK defence industries / Keith Hartley -- Adapting to a shrinking market: the Israeli case / Aharon Klieman -- Conversion and diversion: the politics of China's military industry after Mao / Yitzhak Shichor -- The military industries of the Arab world in the 1990s / Gil Feiler -- The rise and fall of arms industries in Argentina and Brazil / Etel Solingen |
| Summary |
This volume provides a policy-relevant analysis of the complex web of contemporary economic trends, political developments and strategic considerations that are shaping the contours of the new post-Cold War world market for weaponry |
| Notes |
Series statement from jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Defense industries.
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Economic conversion.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Defense industries
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Economic conversion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Inbar, Efraim, 1947-
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Zilberfarb, Ben
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| ISBN |
9781135226947 |
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1135226946 |
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1299869300 |
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9781299869301 |
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