The shadow world inside the global arms trade
Reveals the corruption behind BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. This title exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the illicit deals a...
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London, UK
Penguin Books
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Sec.I. The second-oldest profession
- Sins of commission
- The Nazi connection
- Sec.II. Nice work if you can get it
- The Saudi connection
- In defence of humanity
- The ultimate deal or the ultimate crime?
- Diamonds and arms
- Buckling to Bandar
- And justice for none?
- Sec.III. Business as usual
- Things fall apart - with help from BAE
- After the Wall : capitalism, BAE-style
- The ultimate cop-out
- Sec.IV. The arms superpower
- Legal bribery
- In the name of Uncle Sam
- Taking the mickey, the toilet seat, and the hammer - in a galaxy far, far away
- Illegal bribery
- Beyond Utopia, hope?
- America's shop window
- Making a killing : Iraq and Afghanistan
- Sec.V. The killing fields
- Cry, the beloved continent
- Sec.Vi. End game. Bringing peace to the world
- Future imperfect