| Description |
415 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 396-406. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Global dimension: Militarism and militarisation in contemporary international relations / Marek Thee -- Militarism: the issues today / Michael T. Klare -- New international military order: a threat to human security / Jan Øberg -- pt. 3. Meaning of militarism: Militarism, its dimensions and corollaries: an attempt at conceptual clarification / Kjell Skjelsbæk -- Militarism and underdevelopment / Ulrich Albrecht -- What is militarism? / Ernie Regehr -- National security: propaganda or legitimate concern? / Robert D. Matthews -- Socio-class determinants of militarism / Ejub Kučuk -- Critique of militarism in Soviet studies / Julian Lider -- pt. 4. Military in the Third World: Militarism dynamics in the contemporary context of periphery capitalism / Dieter Senghaas -- Militarisation and human rights in the Third World / Richard Falk -- Significance of military technology / Mary H. Kaldor -- Arms trade and transfer of military technology to Third World countries / Signe Landgren-Bäckström -- Arms transfers and dependency in the Third World / Miles D. Wolpin -- Local wars 1945-76 / Istvan Kende -- Military expenditures of less developed nations as a proportion of their state budgets: a research note / Milton Leitenberg and Nicole Ball -- pt. 5. Legal, social and cultural spheres: Militarisation with a global reach: a challenge to sovereignty, security and the international legal order / Asbjørn Eide -- Causes and correlates of Western militarism / William Eckhardt -- Militarism: cultural dimensions of militarisation / Malvern Lumsden -- pt. 6. Appendices: Appendix 1: World military expenditures -- Appendix 2: World-wide military coups since 1945: a short note on data collection -- Appendix 3: Threats of the use of nuclear weapons since World War II: an introductory note. |
| Subject |
Militarism.
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Militarism. |
| Added Author |
Eide, Asbjørn.
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Thee, Marek, 1918-1999.
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| ISBN |
0312647441 |
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9780312647445 |
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