The Small Arms Trade

Author : Matthew Schroeder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780741790
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Small Arms Trade written by Matthew Schroeder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Arms are responsible for over half a million deaths each year. Despite this terrifying statistic, millions of guns flow into the streets of the world each year. It is a multi-billion dollar industry, and one which is barely regulated. From AK-47s to M16 rifles; from Terrorist-owned shoulder-fired missiles to child soldiers, this enlightening guide reveals the disturbing reality behind the murky underworld of international arms trading. Explaining how deals can often operate on the edge of legality, and listing the world’s main players, it goes on to ask how the exchange of small arms can be tightened in the future. Full of insight and anticipating the danger of ever lighter and more powerful weapons, this is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the world today and one of the key threats to development, prosperity and international peace.

Author : Andrew Feinstein
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429932716
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow World written by Andrew Feinstein and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadow World presents the behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, exposing in forensic detail the deadly collusion that too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military--a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy. Now a major PBS documentary "An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging."--Arundhati Roy Andrew Feinstein reveals the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in history--between the British and Saudi governments---to the guns-for-diamonds deals in Africa and the current $60 billion U.S. weapons contract with Saudi Arabia. Based on pathbreaking reporting and unprecedented access to top-secret information, The Shadow World takes us into a clandestine realm that is as vitally important as it is shocking.

Author : Zeray Yihdego
Publisher : Hart Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arms Trade and International Law written by Zeray Yihdego and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-12 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the proliferation of SALW and their unregulated trade and transfer across borders.

Author : Michael T. Klare
Publisher : Federation of American Scientists
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scourge of Guns written by Michael T. Klare and published by Federation of American Scientists. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clare Da Silva
Publisher : Intersentia
ISBN 13 : 9781839701054
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arms Trade Treaty written by Clare Da Silva and published by Intersentia. This book was released on 2021 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a unique and comprehensive commentary on the Arms Trade Treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, with several contributors having direct involvement in the negotation of the Treaty.

Author : Ian Anthony
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia and the Arms Trade written by Ian Anthony and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this study, a group of Russian authors were commissioned to describe and assess the arms trade policies and practices of Russia under new domestic and international conditions. The contributors, drawn from the government, industry, and academic communities, offer a wide range of reports on the political, military, economic, and industrial implications of Russian arms transfers, as well as specific case studies of key bilateral arms transfer relationships.

Author : Jayantha Dhanapala
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429796366
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Arms Control written by Jayantha Dhanapala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, the papers collected in this volume were originally prepared for four workshops organized by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs to inform the work of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms. These workshops were held during 1995-96. Some of the authors updated their papers for publication in early 1998. Lora Lumpe, senior fellow with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers in Oslo and Tamar Gabelnick, Acting Director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, DC edited the presentations for this book.

Author : Rachel Stohl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745654185
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Arms Trade written by Rachel Stohl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year. This succinct and accessible new book explores the complexities and realities of the global conventional weapons trade. The first book on the subject in nearly a decade, The International Arms Trade provides an engaging introduction to the trade, the effects, and the consequences of these weapons. The authors trace the history of the arms trade and examine how it has evolved since the end of the Cold War. In particular, they assess the role of the largest arms exporters and importers, the business of selling conventional arms around the world, and shed new light on the illicit arms trade and the shadowy dealers who profit from their deadly commerce. The book also looks closely at the devastating effect the business can have on countries, societies, and individuals and concludes with an evaluation of the various existing control strategies and the potential for future control opportunities. The International Arms Trade will be invaluable for students and scholars of international relations and security studies, and for policymakers and anyone interested in understanding more about the conventional arms trade.

Author : Lora Lumpe
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Running Guns written by Lora Lumpe and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is about the guns that fuel the huge toll of deaths in the world's most bloody conflicts at the turn of the century. Whether it is Africa, Sri Lanka or even Chechnya and Afghanistan, it is not heavy weaponry or hi-tech devices that kill the most people, but the flood of cheap, easy to get, small arms that has swept over so many countries in the 80s and 90s. Crime rates involving guns within countries have also soared, as South Africa and Kenya, for example, have experienced. Yet a lot of this cross-border arms trade is illegal. So much so that several governments, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, are now pressing for rapid negotiation of a new global treaty on illegal trafficking in small arms.

Author : Small Arms Survey, Geneva
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316021203
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Arms Survey 2014 written by Small Arms Survey, Geneva and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Small Arms Survey 2014 considers the multiple roles of women in the context of armed violence, security, and the small arms agenda. The volume's thematic section comprises one chapter on violence against women and girls - with a focus on post-conflict Liberia and Nepal - and another on the recent convergence of the small arms agenda with that of women, peace and security. Complementing these chapters are illustrated testimonies of women with experience as soldiers, rebels and security personnel. The 'weapons and markets' section assesses the potential impact of the Arms Trade Treaty, presents the 2014 Transparency Barometer and an update on the authorised small arms trade, and analyses recent ammunition explosions in the Republic of the Congo. Additionally, it examines ammunition circulating in Africa and the Middle East, maps the sources of insurgent weapons in Sudan and South Sudan, and evaluates crime gun records in the United States.