Running Guns: The Global Black Market in Small Arms

Book Overview

Whether the war zone be in Africa, Sri Lanka, Chechnya or Afghanistan, most people are not killed by hi-tech or heavy weaponry, but by the small arms, cheap and accessible, that have flooded into so many countries in recent years. Crime rates involving guns have also soared, as South Africa and Kenya have experienced. Yet much of this cross-border arms trade is illegal. Several governments, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, are now pressing for a new global treaty on illegal trafficking in small arms.

This book is a fascinating, highly informative and policy-relevant investigation into an issue about which far too little is known, and which raises crucial questions about the black market.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856498735
• ISBN13: 9781856498739
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

This ia a fascinating and extremely relevant study on the illegal - black market - trade in small arms. The book covers the subject from instances of trafficking by arms dealers, government supplies to rebels in foreign countries, and the utility of national and international regulations. A very good read.