1st Edition
The Business of Arms Understanding the Illicit Arms Trade
By Mark Phythian
Copyright 2020
256 Pages
by
Routledge
Offering a concise, yet thorough, introduction to the illicit arms trade, the main theme of this significant volume confronts the complex reality that while it is proper to think of two separate trades in arms, legal and illegal, in practice there is a considerable overlap between the two. Although this overlap is sometimes distinguished by referring to 'black' (wholly illegal) and 'grey'... Read more
Part 1: Principles 1. Introduction and Definitions 2. Control Regimes and Illicit Arms Trade Environment 3. The Illicit Arms Market 4. Anatomy of the Illicit Arms Trade (1) 5. Anatomy of the Illicit Arms Trade (2) Part 2: Cases 6. The Iran-contra Affair and the Illicit Arms Trade 7. Bofors and the Illicit European Trade with Iran during the 1980s 8. Arms Trafficking, Mercenaries and Drug Cartels: The Case of Antigua and Colombia 9. Recent Developments 10. Conclusion: Prospects for Controlling the Illicit Arms Trade
Biography
Mark Phythian is Professor of Politics and the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester.
