The global arms trade: a handbook/ editor, Andrew T.H. Tan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1 Introduction -- 1. An Overview of Global Patterns Andrew Tan -- 2. Arms Spending and Procurement in Southeast Asia Andrew Tan -- 3. Arms Modernization in Asia Desmond Ball -- Section 2: Arms Modernization After the Cold War -- 4. China's Arms Modernization You Ji -- 5. India's Arms Build-up Harsh V Pant -- 6. Japan's Arms Procurement after the Cold War Brad Williams -- 7. Arming North Korea Yong-Sup Han -- 8. Arms Modernization in the Middle East Riad Attar -- 9. Israel's Defence Spending and Procurement after Camp David David Efraim Inbar --10. Iran's Defence Spending and Arms Procurement Efraim Kam -- 11. US Arms Procurement after the End of the Cold War David Gold --12. Post Cold War Defence Procurement in Europe Andrew James -- 13. Defence Spending and Procurement in Post-Communist Russia Alexander Pikayev -- 14. Arms Modernization in Latin America Mark Bromley and Inigo Guevara -- 15. Arms Proliferation in Africa Martin R. Rupiya -- Section 3: The Arms Industry After the Cold War -- 16. The Global Arms Trade after the Cold War Siemon T. Wezeman -- 17. The Globalization of the Arms Industry Richard Bitzinger --18. Defence Restructuring and Consolidation in Europe Michael Brzoska -- 19. The US Defence Industry After the Cold War Elisabeth Skons -- 20. The UK Defence Industry in an Age of Globalization Samuel Perlo-Freeman -- 21. Israel's Defence Industry Yaacov Lifschitz -- Section 4: Key Issues in the Global Arms Trade -- 22. The Military Industrial Complex J. Paul Dunne -- 23. Defence Spending and Development/Modernization J. Paul Dunne -- 24. Post-Cold War Control of Conventional Arms Sibylle Bauer -- 25. Insurgencies and their Impact on Arms Procurement Isaiah Wilson -- 26. The Privatization of Force Malcolm Patterson -- 27. Future War-The Shape of Arms to Come Malcolm Davis -- Section 4: Conclusions -- 28. Conclusions Andrew Tan