Disarming Military Industries: Turning an Outbreak of Peace into an Enduring Legacy

by PeterSouthwood (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $19.39

  During a period in which a window of opportunity has opened up for significant cuts in the nuclear and coventional forces of the major global powers, it has become more important than ever to demonstrate that the conversion of military industries to peaceful purposes is indeed feasible. This book sets out to present the evidence that the West can cope successfully with disarmament and to identify the strategies and policies which need to be adopted in furtherance of that end. It is addressed directly to policy makers and practitioners as well as to scholars and to peace researchers. Underlying this narrower question of defence conversion is the theme of peace itself. For those concerned with the bigger questions of peace theory and peace research the introduction and the second part of Chapter 7 are intended to set conversion in a wider context.