Export or Die: Britain's Defence Trade With Iran and Iraq

By Davina Miller

The result of five years' research, this analysis of the defence trade between Britain and the Gulf is based on access to documents and participants in the arms-to-Iraq and Iran cases. In the aftermath of the Scott report, this text provides an account of British decision-making about defence and dual-use goods to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s and, in particular, the role played by Government ministers. It is argued that arms sales are fundamental to the establishment of wider trading relations, but, in turn, bring reverse influence. As such, they are inextricably bound up in diplomacy. The work offers an explanation of, on the one hand, a public policy of restraint, and, on the other, unofficial supply of arms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304338524
• ISBN13: 9780304338528
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"