Conversion Survey 1998: Global Disarmament, Defense Industry Consolidation and Conversion

By Bonn International Center for Conversion

Book Overview

This book gives an overview of the defense industry's adaptation to lower demand for weapons, government policies to support diversification and regional initiatives to counter the negative effects of arms-industrial downsizing. In addition, the book provides an update on other conversion-relevant issues dealt with in previous Surveys, such as military expenditures, demobilization of armed forces and base closures for the year 1997.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198294484
• ISBN13: 9780198294481
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 0.7" x 7.5"