Publisher's Synopsis
Each title in the "World Issues" series focuses on a contemporary issue. Aspects of each topic are selected for discussion and analysis in an attempt to raise levels of awareness and to provoke thought and opinion.;This book is an examination of the nature and extent of the international trade in arms, looking at the causes and effects of the trade - both political and economic, and at attempts to bring it under control.;There is a discussion of why the arms trade should be of concern and of the development of the trade since the end of the Second World War. The authors also consider some of the motives of the major importers and exporters.;Throughout the book particular emphasis is placed on the effects of the trade on the development of poor nations and on the prospects for world peace.;This series is intended to be of interest as background reading for students of GCSE and Standard Grade in Scotland.
