Arms and the State : Patterns of Military Production and Trade (Hardcover)

1. Motive forces in the evolution of the arms transfer and production system; 2. The emergence of a global arms transfer and production system; 3. From the Military Revolution to the Industrial Revolution; 4. An overview of the post-1945 global arms transfer system; 5. The dominance of first-tier producers and suppliers; 6. Second-tier producers and suppliers: the struggle to keep pace; 7. Dependent production and exports in the third tier; 8. The subordinate role of arms recipients.