Description
France ranks as the world's third largest arms exporter and supplies arms and military technology to over a hundred countries. This book exposes the compelling aims and interests--national independence, security, economic welfare, foreign influence, grandeur--that explain the nation's successes in arms production and transfers.
Originally published in 1987.
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Chapter
2: The Fifth Republic: National Independence,
Military Autonomy, and a New World Order
2: The Fifth Republic: National Independence,
Military Autonomy, and a New World Order
Part II. Arms and the Welfare State
Part II. Arms and the Welfare State
3: Economic and Technological Incentives to Make and Sell Arms
3: Economic and Technological Incentives to Make and Sell Arms
Part III. Arms and the State
Part III. Arms and the State
4: National Champions and the French Fifth Republic
4: National Champions and the French Fifth Republic
5: The Politics of Arms Transfers: The Arms Oligarchy and Democratic Norms
5: The Politics of Arms Transfers: The Arms Oligarchy and Democratic Norms
Part IV. Arms and Foreign Policy
Part IV. Arms and Foreign Policy
6: The Nation-State System and Modernization:
Drive Wheels of Militarization
6: The Nation-State System and Modernization:
Drive Wheels of Militarization
7: Arms Transfers as Aim and Instrument
7: Arms Transfers as Aim and Instrument
Part V. Arms and Global Security and Welfare
Part V. Arms and Global Security and Welfare
8: Making and Marketing Arms: A Rational Strategy and an Irrational International System
8: Making and Marketing Arms: A Rational Strategy and an Irrational International System
Appendix A: French Arms Exports by Regions, Countries, and Major Weapon Categories, 1960-1983
Appendix A: French Arms Exports by Regions, Countries, and Major Weapon Categories, 1960-1983
Appendix B: Selected Major Weapons Systems by Recipient Country, 1950-1983
Appendix B: Selected Major Weapons Systems by Recipient Country, 1950-1983
Appendix C: Major Conventional Weapons Systems Delivered to the Third World by Major Suppliers, 1972-1981
Appendix C: Major Conventional Weapons Systems Delivered to the Third World by Major Suppliers, 1972-1981
Appendix D: Regional Distribution of Major Weapons Systems by Suppliers, 1972-1976, 1977-1981
Appendix D: Regional Distribution of Major Weapons Systems by Suppliers, 1972-1976, 1977-1981