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Bibliotheek François Vercammen
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Arms transfers --- Defense industries --- United States --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Military policy.
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U.S. arms sales to Third World countries rapidly escalated from $250 million per year in the 1950s and 1960s to $10 billion and above in the 1970s and 1980s. But were these military sales, so critical in their impact on Third World nations and on America’s perception of its global role, achieving the ends and benefits attributed to them by U.S. policymakers? In American Arms Supermarket, Michael T. Klare responds to this troubling, still-timely question with a resounding no, showing how a steady growth in arms sales places global security and stability in jeopardy. Tracing U.S. policies, practices, and experiences in military sales to the Third World from the 1950s to the 1980s, Klare explains how the formation of U.S. foreign policy did not keep pace with its escalating arms sales—how, instead, U.S. arms exports proved to be an unreliable instrument of policy, often producing results that diminished rather than enhanced fundamental American interests. Klare carefully considers the whole spectrum of contemporary American arms policy, focusing on the political economy of military sales, the evolution of U.S. arms export policy from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan, and the institutional framework for arms export decision making. Actual case studies of U.S. arms sales to Latin America, Iran, and the Middle East provide useful data in assessing the effectiveness of arms transfer programs in meeting U.S. foreign policy objectives. The author also rigorously examines trouble spots in arms policy: the transfer of arms-making technology to Third World arms producers, the relationship between arms transfers and human rights, and the enforcement of arms embargoes on South Africa, Chile, and other “pariah” regimes. Klare also compares the U.S. record on arms transfers to the experiences of other major arms suppliers: the Soviet Union and the “big four” European nations—France, Britain, the former West Germany, and Italy. Concluding with a reasoned, carefully drawn proposal for an alternative arms export policy, Klare vividly demonstrates the need for cautious, restrained, and sensitive policy.
Arms transfers --- Defense industries --- United States --- United States --- Military policy. --- Foreign relations
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International relations. Foreign policy --- Foreign trade. International trade --- Internal politics --- Polemology --- 871.1 Kleine en lichte wapens --- 851 Burgeroorlogen --- Arms control --- Firearms --- Illegal arms transfers --- Political violence --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Arms smuggling --- Arms trafficking --- Contraband arms traffic --- Gun running --- Gunrunning --- Illegal arms trafficking --- International illicit arms sales --- Arms transfers --- Guns --- Small arms --- Weapons --- Shooting --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Disarmament --- Military readiness --- wapenhandel
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Reader on the USA armed forces and their role in low intensity conflicts in the third world.
Conflicten met lage intensiteit (Krijgskunst) --- Conflicts [Low-intensity ] (Military science) --- Conflits armés de basse intensité --- Conflits de basse intensité (Science militaire) --- Conflits de faible intensité --- Guerre de basse intensité --- Guerre non conventionnelle --- Guerres de basse intensité --- Low intensity conflicts (Military science) --- Low-intensity operations (Military science) --- Low-level conflicts (Military science) --- Operations [Low-intensity ] (Military science) --- Protracted conflicts (Military science) --- Protracted warfare (Military science) --- Small wars --- Wars [Small ] --- Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) --- World politics --- Guerre d'usure --- Politique mondiale --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Military policy. --- Politique militaire --- 876.1 Defensie --- 882.4 Noord-Amerika --- Conflits de basse intensité --- Conflits de basse intensité --- Conflicts, Low-intensity (Military science) --- Operations, Low-intensity (Military science) --- Wars, Small --- Limited war --- Military policy --- 1985-1995 --- Foreign relations --- El Salvador --- Nicaragua --- Philippines --- Afghanistan --- World politics - 1985-1995. --- United States - Military policy.
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International relations. --- Nuclear arms control. --- Security, International.
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