04293cam a2200637 a 4500 ocm30112468 OCoLC 20240619125613.0 940311s1994 coua b 001 0 eng 94008108 GB9487609 bnb GB94W6562 bnb 081-33157 Uk 0813315735 9780813315737 AU@ 000010916347 DEBBG BV010111481 GBVCP 152056157 GEBAY 2348111 NLGGC 117745790 NZ1 4760573 YDXCP 723333 YDXCP 723334 ZWZ 018711332 (OCoLC)30112468 (OCoLC)33104037 (OCoLC)59906614 DLC eng DLC UKM BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP UKV3G ZWZ ZCU GEBAY DEBBG BDX GBVCP OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ CSJ OCLCO OCLCQ BGU OCLCO CPS OCLCA BDP OCLCQ OCLCO BUF OCLCO UKBTH OCLCA MM9 IL4J6 OCLCO OCLCQ FCX OCLCO NKM OCLCO OCLCQ UA10 .P32 Pearson, Frederic S. The global spread of arms : political economy of international security / Frederic S. Pearson. Boulder : Westview Press, 1994. xiii, 161 p : ill ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Dilemmas in world politics Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index. Introduction: Persistent Arms Dilemmas -- 1. Global Arms Proliferation: Past and Present -- 2. The Impetus to Manufacture and Acquire Arms -- 3. Arms Transfers and World Politics -- 4. Controlling the Spread of Arms -- 5. Conclusion: Can the Dilemmas Be Resolved? In this compact yet comprehensive volume, Frederic Pearson surveys the broad terrain covered by the concept of "the security dilemma" and points out landmarks along the route proceeding from arms proliferation to economic interests. The author meticulously describes and documents the "arms supermarket": who buys weapons, who sells them, where they are produced, and how they are - and are not - used. Through a combination of data, anecdotes, illustrations, and narration accompanied by special feature boxes, we see how arms races are mounted and how they might be defused in this, the gathering post-cold war order. Governments of developed and developing countries alike talk about arms control but often fail to act in curtailing arms trade and transfers. Nowhere is the paradox of the "sovereign right to arm" more apparent than in current hot spots detailed by Pearson, including the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, North Korea, and South Asia. We see an array of arms trends played out to devastating effect: sanctions, embargoes, multilateral trade and negotiations, smuggling, black and gray markets, "arms balancing," and, ultimately, proliferation and escalation cycles. Potential escape routes from weapons dilemmas also are offered in full review of arms transfer controls. . Students of international relations from peace studies to security and political economy studies will join industry and government professionals as well as general readers in finding this balanced primer indispensable to understanding the past and future global arsenal. Arms race. Arms transfers. Defense industries Social aspects. Security, International. Arms control Online version: Pearson, Frederic S. Global spread of arms. Boulder : Westview Press, 1994 (OCoLC)608958709 Online version: Pearson, Frederic S. Global spread of arms. Boulder : Westview Press, 1994 (OCoLC)624400224 Dilemmas in world politics. Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780813315744.pdf Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/94008108-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/94008108-d.html lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 514 OTHER HOLDINGS 670 670 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-06-19 0 UA10 .P32 2024-0897 2024-06-19 12:56:44 2024-06-19 BK