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1	The Whole Truth more books like this by David Baldacci add to wishlist 'I need a war.' With the world relatively stable, Nicolas Creel, a super-rich and super-powerful arms dealer, is losing money fast. And if a war won't start naturally, he is more than willing to help move things along ...Academic Anna Fischer is becoming increasingly curious about the strange twist in world events. When her boyfriend proposes, she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives more books like this by Nick Turse add to wishlist A mind-boggling investigation of the allpervasive, constantly morphing presence of the Pentagon in daily life--a real-world "Matrix "come alive Here is the new, hip, high-tech military-industrial complex--an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates all our lives. From iPods to Starbucks to Oakley sunglasses, historian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.72! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Brotherhood of Arms: General Dynamics a more books like this by Jacob Goodwin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
4	The Process and Politics of Defense Acquisition: A Reference Handbook more books like this by David S Sorenson add to wishlist Through an in-depth analysis of the American defense acquisition system, Sorenson shows how reform is a necessity in order for the United States government and military to continue to move forward. see all copies from $85.34! new only from $85.34! \| SVS
5	Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience more books like this by Merritt Roe Smith (Editor) add to wishlist In this book, historians of technology bring their special expertise to probing the influence of the military on technological development over a broad range of history and in a variety of cases. see all copies from $45.00! new only from $63.05! \| first editions
6	Pacific Defense: Arms, Energy, and America's Future in Asia more books like this by Kent E Calder add to wishlist Northeast Asia's stunningly successful political economy threatens to become a military danger zone - with global implications. In Pacific Defense, Kent E. Calder, director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, shows how a combination of high-speed economic growth, impending energy shortages, and political ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
7	Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 more books like this by David Edgerton add to wishlist A challenge to the central theme of the existing histories of twentieth-century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state, this book argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. This insight implies major revisions to our understanding of twentieth-century British history, from appeasement, to ... see all copies from $22.98! new only from $32.55!
8	The Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America more books like this by Ann Markusen, Peter Hall, Sabina Dietrich add to wishlist Since World War II, America's economic landscape has undergone a profound transformation. This economic restructuring, the authors argue, is a direct result of the rise of the military industrial complex (MIC) and the formation of a new industry based on defence spending and Pentagon contracts. This book chronicles the dramatic growth of this vast ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $95.82! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy more books like this by Clifford G Gaddy add to wishlist In this book, Clifford Gaddy uncovers the enduring costs of militarization in the Soviet Union, tracking its overall effect on Soviet society, its connection with market reform, and the consequences of militarization and demilitarization not only for enterprises, but also for individuals and local communities. see all copies from $3.06! new only from $5.45! \| first editions
10	Defense Addiction: Can America Kick the Habit? more books like this by Sanford Gottlieb add to wishlist Based on hundreds of interviews with defense contractors, union representatives, members of Congress, state and federal officials, lobbyists, economic development professionals, and local activists, Defense Addiction explains how these groups and individuals cope with defense dependence. Painting a sobering picture of how the weight of this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
11	West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past, 1945-1955 more books like this by S Jonathan Wiesen add to wishlist In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, West German industrialists faced a major crisis in their public image. With mounting revelations about the use of forced and slave labour, the "Aryanization" of Jewish property, and corporate profiteering under National Socialism, industrialists emerged from the war with their national and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.40! \| first editions
12 view cover	Arm in Arm: Political Economy of the Global Arms Trade more books like this by William W Keller, Wiliam W Keller, Kenji Hakuta add to wishlist A look at the dramatic growth of the global arms trade since the end of the cold war, as shifting defense budgets have sent domestic contractors searching for new markets overseas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Global Spread of Arms: Political Economy of International Security more books like this by Frederic S Pearson add to wishlist Today, despite the end of the cold war, more countries have more sophisticated weapons from more numerous suppliers than ever before. This is partly a product of continuing and growing conflictsespecially regional and interethnic onesbut it also reflects the political and economic difficulties of weaning public and private enterprise away from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.48! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Fortress California, 1910-1961: From Warfare to Welfare more books like this by Roger W Lotchin add to wishlist "Fortress California", now in paperback for the first time, links the growth of the US military-industrial complex to civic leaders who competed for military bases and military contracts to ensure economic growth. Analyzing the growth of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco from 1910 to 1961, Roger W. Lotchin discredits the assumption that ... see all copies from $9.89! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Disarmament and Defence Industrial Adjustment in South Africa more books like this by Peter Batchelor, Susan Willett add to wishlist Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett analyse the response of the South African defence industry to drastic cuts in military expenditure and the demilitarization of society since the end of the cold war and apartheid, and the stabilization of the regional security situation. The new ANC-led government is seeking to use the resources released - the ... see all copies from $16.19! new only from $16.19! \| first editions
16	Brotherhood of Arms more books like this by Jacob Goodwin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Legend of Litton Industries more books like this by Jeffrey L Rodengen add to wishlist In The Legend of Litton Industries, author Jeffrey L. Rodengen recounts how a small electronics company evolved into a global giant. Since its founding in 1953 by Charles "Tex" Thornton, one of the famed "Whiz Kids" of Ford Motor Company, Litton has been on the leading edge of technological innovation, developing and manufacturing products from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.98! \| first editions
18	Defense Industry more books like this by Jacques S Gansler add to wishlist "A searing analysis and critique of the way the U.S. military/industrial complex operates." - Army Times see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Us War Machine more books like this by James E Dornan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	From Industry to Arms: The Political Economy of High Technology more books like this by Anthony Difilippo add to wishlist The importance of technology in our day-to-day lives is something that few people would deny. At home and in the office, in business and in politics, the effects of technology are pervasive. In this study, Anthony DiFilippo examines one specific aspect of this issue: the forces of political economy that direct the course of industrial technology. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.45! \| first editions
21	Wilderness of mirrors : the life of Gerald Bull more books like this by Dale Grant add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Cascade of Arms: Managing Conventional Weapons Proliferation more books like this by Andrew J Pierre (Editor) add to wishlist This work looks at the impct of weapons purchases on the principal recipient regions and the possibilities for regional arms control and dissects the economics of arms export for the producer nations in both the developing and industrialized worlds. The book thoroughly discusses the opportunities for, and obstacles to, achieving multilateral arms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Naval Arms Trade more books like this by Ian Anthony add to wishlist This book offers a sober appraisal of the world trade in naval weapon systems at a time when recent attacks on merchant shipping in the Persian Gulf have kept maritime security at the centre of global attention. At the same time India, outside the international non-proliferation regime, has become the first-ever customer for a nuclear attack ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $123.96! \| first editions
24	The economy of death more books like this by Richard J. Barnet add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Guns and Rubles: The Defense Industry in the Stalinist State more books like this by Mark Harrison (Editor) add to wishlist For this book a distinguished team of economists and historians - R. W. Davies, Paul R. Gregory, Andrei Markevich, Mikhail Mukhin, Andrei Sokolov, and Mark Harrison - scoured formerly closed Soviet archives to discover how Stalin used rubles to make guns. Focusing on various aspects of the defence industry, a top-secret branch of the Soviet ... see all copies from $26.50! new only from $47.87! \| SVS

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