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Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
Paul Holden
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Description for Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
Paperback. An essential handbook for all those seeking to debunk the myths that underpin the global arms trade. Num Pages: 256 pages, index, 17 figures, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSF; JPW; JWXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons. Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the existence of the most savage weapons of mass destruction ever known. It is the essential handbook for those who want to debunk the arguments of the industry and its supporters: deploying case studies, statistics and irrefutable evidence ... Read more
Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons. Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the existence of the most savage weapons of mass destruction ever known. It is the essential handbook for those who want to debunk the arguments of the industry and its supporters: deploying case studies, statistics and irrefutable evidence ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783605651
SKU
V9781783605651
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99-15
About Paul Holden
Paul Holden is a historian and researcher. His previous books include Who Rules South Africa? (2012), The Devil in the Detail: How the Arms Deal Changed Everything (2011) and The Arms Deal in Your Pocket (2008). He was also lead researcher on Andrew Feinstein's book The Shadow World (2012) and on the documentary feature of the same name released in ... Read more
Reviews for Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
`Debunks the myths commonly used to defend the indefensible. The author helps us to recognise those myths on the basis of a breathtaking, well-researched array of cases, and leads us to the conclusion that change is not only needed, but is actually possible.' Ana Gomes MEP, member of the EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home ... Read more