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Author Mehta, Vijay, 1940-

Title The economics of killing : how the West fuels war and poverty in the developing world / Vijay Mehta
Published London : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 237 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Military-industrial complex : power, myths, facts and figures -- pt. 2. Military spending and its ill effects -- pt. 3. The folly of chronic wars : for profit, resources and domination, more weapons, more wars, more profits -- pt. 4. A new vision, a new beginning in a new millennium : a practical way of reducing arms, armies and wars for the survival of humanity
Summary Shows how Western governments are trapping the developing world in a cycle of violence and poverty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Academic Library
Subject Military-industrial complex -- Economic aspects -- United States
Economic development -- Developing countries
Politics and war -- Developing countries
Poverty -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
World politics -- 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
Economic development
Politics and war
Poverty -- Political aspects
World politics
Developing countries
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849646468
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9781849646475
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