American Arms Supermarket

by Michael T. Klare

Book Overview

U.S. arms sales to Third World countries rapidly escalated from $250 million per year in the 1950s and 1960s to $10 billion and above in the 1970s and 1980s. But were these military sales, so critical in their impact on Third World nations and on America's perception of its global role, achieving the ends and benefits attributed to them by U.S. policymakers? In American Arms Supermarket, Michael T. Klare responds to this troubling, still-timely question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292703694
• ISBN13: 9780292703698
• Release Date: February 1985
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 16.3" x 10.4"