Chinese Arms Transfers: Purposes, Patterns, and Prospects in the New World Order - Couverture rigide

Gill, R Bates

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0275942791 ISBN 13 : 9780275942793

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1992

Synopsis

This book is the first in eight years to address the purposes, patterns, and prospects of Chinese arms transfers, and the only book to address China's recent and provocative rise to prominence as an arms trader since the mid-1980s. Focusing on the 1980s and the prospects for the 1990s, the work analyzes the principal arms trade relationships of the People's Republic of China to provide a greater understanding and more nuanced insight into the arms trade policies and goals of the world's fourth largest arms supplier.

This study finds that the economic motive for arms exports--the generating of foreign currency--while important, does not fully or even adequately explain why the Chinese export arms. Rather, Chinese arms exports should be seen in the light of political and strategic motivations, which are often more important. This book should appeal to both scholars and policymakers in the field of international relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

R. BATES GILL is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Foreign Policy at the Center for Chinese and American Studies, Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has made several research visits to East Asia, and has lived in the region for extended periods of time, including teaching appointments in the People's Republic of China.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275942791
• ISBN 13: 9780275942793
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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