Scuds or Butter?: The Political Economy of Arms Control in the Middle East

by Yahya M. Sadowski

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In the late 1970s and 1980s, Middle Eastern states spent more than $600 billion expanding their military forces. They acquired thousands of tanks, advanced fighter aircraft, ballistic missiles, chemical weapons, and--in some cases--nuclear devices. These potent arsenals make the Middle East the tinderbox of world affairs.

In this book, foreign policy analyst Yahya Sadowski shows that the arms race cannot be sustained in the 1990s. Declining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815776632
• ISBN13: 9780815776635
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"