The economics of arms imports after the end of the Cold War

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-123

  Brzoska, Michael ^a  

^a Internationales Konversionszentrum Bonn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arms Trade; Foreign debt; Import Financing; Military Aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442307275     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269032000110496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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