No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Gilby led Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)'s efforts to expose the corruption at the heart of Britain's arms deals with Saudi Arabia over the past four decades. In 2008 he defeated Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office in an Information Tribunal to force the disclosure of many documents concerning corruption in Britain's arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Klappentext An insight into how the arms trade works and the deals which are cut long before the weapons are deployed. Zusammenfassung The arms trade brings death and destruction to millions of people around the world. This title names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war! human rights and development. It reveals the financial and trade mechanisms that permit the arms trade to continue! including tales of bribery and corruption.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Gilbey, Nicholas Gilby, Gilby Nicholas, Nicholas Gilby
• Publisher: New internationalist publns
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9781906523176
• ISBN: 978-1-906523-17-6
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 180 mm x 15 mm
• Series: No-nonsense Guides
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control, Arms trade