The Arms Bazaar
by Anthony Sampson
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Anthony Sampson's updated bestseller plunges the reader into the real heart of the arms trade and culminates in examining the role of this multi-billion pound industry in the Gulf War. Beginning with the first giants like Vickers and Krupp, he analyses the Lockhead and Northrop scandals in the Middle East, the role of Adnan Khashoggi, and the deadly build-up of arms to the Shah. From the dramatic events of Irangate to the aftermath of the war in the Gulf, Sampson gives a unique insight into show more the world's most secretive and dangerous industry. show lessTags
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Anthony Sampson is a distinguished British journalist, the author of nearly twenty books.
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- The Arms Bazaar
- Original title
- Arms bazaar
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 338.4 — Society, government, & culture Economics Production Secondary industries and services
- LCC
- HD9743 .A2 .S35 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Special industries and trades Manufacturing industries
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- 6 — Danish, Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Swedish
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