The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade

by Nicholas Gilby

Book Overview

One of the few up-to-date works on the whole of the arms trade, this book puts the global trade in weapons in the context of history and includes recent controversial deals, as well as case studies on Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Darfur. It exposes the cynicism, bribery, and insider deals that characterize the conventional trade and the hidden world of torture. Nicholas Gilby led the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) in its efforts to expose the corruption...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906523177
• ISBN13: 9781906523176
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: New Internationalist
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"