The shadow world : inside the global arms trade / Andrew Feinstein.

By: Feinstein, Andrew, 1964-Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011Edition: 1st American edDescription: xxx, 672 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780374208387; 0374208387Subject(s): Arms transfers | Illegal arms transfers | Defense industriesDDC classification: 382/.456234 LOC classification: HD9743.A2 | F45 2011Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
The second-oldest profession. Sins of commission ; The Nazi connection -- Nice work if you can get it. The Saudi connection ; In defence of humanity ; The ultimate deal or the ultimate crime? ; Diamonds and arms ; Buckling to Bandar ; And justice for none? -- Business as usual. Things fall apart-- with help from BAE ; After the Wall : capitalism, BAE-style ; The ultimate cop-out -- The arms superpower. Legal bribery ; In the name of Uncle Sam ; Taking the mickey, the toilet seat, and the hammer-- in a galaxy far, far away ; Illegal bribery ; Beyond Utopia, hope? ; America's shop window ; Making a killing : Iraq and Afghanistan -- The killing fields. Cry, the beloved continent -- End game. Bringing peace to the world ; Future imperfect.
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Originally published: London : Hamish Hamilton, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-641) and index.

The second-oldest profession. Sins of commission ; The Nazi connection -- Nice work if you can get it. The Saudi connection ; In defence of humanity ; The ultimate deal or the ultimate crime? ; Diamonds and arms ; Buckling to Bandar ; And justice for none? -- Business as usual. Things fall apart-- with help from BAE ; After the Wall : capitalism, BAE-style ; The ultimate cop-out -- The arms superpower. Legal bribery ; In the name of Uncle Sam ; Taking the mickey, the toilet seat, and the hammer-- in a galaxy far, far away ; Illegal bribery ; Beyond Utopia, hope? ; America's shop window ; Making a killing : Iraq and Afghanistan -- The killing fields. Cry, the beloved continent -- End game. Bringing peace to the world ; Future imperfect.

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