The economics of killing : how the West fuels war and poverty in the developing world
by
 
Mehta, Vijay, 1940-

Title
The economics of killing : how the West fuels war and poverty in the developing world

Author
Mehta, Vijay, 1940-

ISBN
9780745332246
 
9780745332253

Personal Author
Mehta, Vijay, 1940-

Publication Information
London : Pluto Press, 2012.

Physical Description
ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

General Note
Formerly CIP.

Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. I MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - POWER, MYTHS, FACTS AND FIGURES -- 1.How the West's Addiction to Arms Sales Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis -- 2.What is the Military-Industrial Complex? -- 3.The Culture of Militarism and Global North's Power of Definition -- 4.Europe and the Remaking of the Middle East -- pt. II MILITARY SPENDING AND ITS ILL EFFECTS -- 5.Negative Effects of Conflicts on Global and Human Security, Refugees, Forced Migrations and Urbanisation -- 6.War and its Ill Effects on Health, Environment and Development -- pt. III THE FOLLY OF CHRONIC WARS - FOR PROFIT, RESOURCES AND DOMINATION - MORE WEAPONS - MORE WARS - MORE PROFITS -- 7.Terrorism and Non-State Actors, and How to Make Them Stop -- 8.China's Periphery - The Military-Industrial Mess That Could Destroy a Bright Future -- 9.The Emerging Conflicts - Other Future Fault-lines of the World --
 
Contents note continued: pt. IV A NEW VISION, A NEW BEGINNING IN A NEW MILLENNIUM - A PRACTICAL WAY OF REDUCING ARMS, ARMIES AND WARS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF HUMANITY -- 10.Averting Disaster - What Type of Global Security Architecture Fits in Today's World? -- 11.Replacing the Military-Industrial Complex - Making the Twenty-first Century the Century of Soft Power.

Subject Term
Economic development -- Developing countries.
 
War -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
 
Poverty -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
 
World politics -- 21st century.


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