Chapter 8. Making and Marketing Arms: A Rational Strategy and an Irrational International System

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF FIGURES ix
4. LIST OF TABLES x
5. PREFACE xiii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xviii
7. ABBREVIATIONS xxi
8. Part I. Arms and International Security
9. Chapter 1. From the Beginning through the Fourth Republic 1
10. Chapter 2. The Fifth Republic: National Independence, Military Autonomy, and a New World Order 54
11. Part II. Arms and the Welfare State
12. Chapter 3. Economic and Technological Incentives to Make and Sell Arms 133
13. Part III. Arms and the State
14. Chapter 4. National Champions and the French Fifth Republic 211
15. Chapter 5. The Politics of Arms Transfers: The Arms Oligarchy and Democratic Norms 239
16. Part IV. Arms and Foreign Policy
17. Chapter 6. The Nation-State System and Modernization: Drive Wheels of Militarization 299
18. Chapter 7. Arms Transfers as Aim and Instrument 332
19. Part V. Arms and Global Security and Welfare
20. Chapter 8. Making and Marketing Arms: A Rational Strategy and an Irrational International System 395
21. Appendixes
22. NOTE ON SOURCES 409
23. APPENDIX A: French Arms Exports by Regions, Countries and Major Weapon Categories: 1960-1983 416
24. APPENDIX B: Selected Major Weapons Systems by Recipient Country: 1950-1983 432
25. APPENDIX C: Major Conventional Weapons Systems Delivered to the Third World by Major Suppliers, 1972-1981 436
26. APPENDIX D: Regional Distribution of Major Weapons Systems by Suppliers, 1972-1976, 1977-1981 442
27. NOTES 447
28. INDEX 499