Diversification and niche market exporting: The restructuring of Israel's defense industry in the post-Cold War era

From Defense to Development?: International Perspectives on Realizing the Peace Dividend

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 121-150

  Lewis, David A ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203300664     Document Type: Chapter

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