Constructing Regional Security: The Role of Arms Transfers, Arms Control, and Reassurance

by W Durch

In this book William Durch examines conventional weapons proliferation since World War II, the role of arms transfers in fueling regional conflict, and prospects for curbing the global arms trade. Noting that supply side arms control efforts, which seek to constrain the companies and countries that produce and distribute major conventional weapons, have a poor international track record, Durch argues for a broader approach that tries to get at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349631078
• ISBN13: 9781349631070
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"