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A Beginner's Guide
Matthew Schroeder, Dan Smith, Rachel Stohl
ISBN: 9781851684762
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
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The proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons is one of the most pressing security threats of the 21st century. This book provides an overview of these cheap and easily obtainable weapons, the threat they pose in the wrong hands, and the strategies for reining them in, this Beginner's Guide is required reading for anyone wishing to fully understand one of today's key threats to international peace.
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.
| ISBN | 185168476X | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781851684762
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 227 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Series title | Beginner's Guides | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 08 Dec 2006 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 382.4562344 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 177 | |
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| 1 | | Symbol of violence, war and culture | | 1 | | 2 | | Spreading weapons of individual destruction | | 11 | | 3 | | Costs and consequences | | 22 | | 4 | | Stemming the flow of small arms | | 38 | | 5 | | Man-portable air defense systems - the terrorists' delight | | 59 | | 6 | | Bleeding the Soviets | | 68 | | 7 | | The proliferation and control of MANPADS in the 1990s | | 86 | | 8 | | The post-Mombasa scramble | | 110 | | | | Epilogue : future challenges of proliferation | | 129 |
"Schroeder, Smith and Stohl have produced what will surely become an indispensable reference for any reader interested in the nature and consequences of the trade in small arms and the policies needed to effectively deal with the lethal consequences of such trade." Moises Naim - Editor of Foreign Policy magazine and author of 'Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and copycats are hijacking the global economy.' "Makes for elucidating reading" Sharon Weinberger, Editor-in-Chief,  Be the first to write a customer review
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