Disarming Military Industries: Turning an Outbreak of Peace into an Enduring Legacy

by Peter Southwood

Overview

The author notes in the preface that an opportunity for significant cuts in nuclear and conventional forces by major global powers has appeared. Presenting the evidence that the West can cope successfully with disarmament, he identifies policies which need to be adopted for that end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349115297
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed. 1991
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The study of defence conversion since 1945; the global arms race; the impact of high military expenditures; the major western defence industries; the economic approach to conversion; limitations of economic models; the defence policy approach to conversion; defence industry diversification and conversion; historical legacy of conversion initiatives; conversion - a theoretical framework.