The Continuing Debate Over U.S. Arms Sales
Strategic Needs and the Quest for Arms Limitations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9757564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Kemp (0000-0002-9890-2445, corresponding author), Geoffrey Kemp |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 535 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-157 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716294535001011 |
| OpenAlex | W2039312935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Arms transfers between sovereign states have become a key and controversial ingredient of international relations. Many historians would argue that American military supplies were instrumental in winning the three critical wars of this century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Critics have advocated increased limits on arms sales on the grounds that they are a cause of war and have led to disastrous, entangling confrontations, including the Vietnam war. The end of the Cold War has witnessed a return to nationalism, not a new world order based on internationalism. The economic pressures to export arms are growing while demand is increasing in the new conflict regions. But many would-be purchasers of advanced arms cannot afford the high costs of modern weaponry. Most regional conflicts today, however, do not use the high-tech wizardry displayed during Desert Storm but rather rely on the traditional instruments of twentieth-century slaughter: small arms, mines, mortars, and artillery
Artillery · Cold war · Economic history · Economic nationalism · Economics · Economy · International trade · Internationalism (politics · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · History · Law
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
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