European Defence Decision-Making - Dilemmas of Collaborative Arms Procurement

Zusatztext 'This excellent study analyzes how Europe deals with the rising costs of military technology when defense budgets shrink, while seeking to build up a sophisticated weapons industry. Summing Up: Recommended.'--P. Kurzer, University of Arizona, CHOICE Informationen zum Autor Antonio Calcara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. Zusammenfassung This book comparatively examines the preferences of four key arms-producing states towards European joint armaments programmes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Explaining European Defence-Industrial Cooperation: A Theoretical Framework 3. Defence-Industrial Decision-Making: France, Germany, Italy and the UK 4.The NATO Helicopter for the 90s 5. The Eurofighter 6. Airbus A400M 7. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Calcara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367425982
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42598-2
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Europe, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy