Export or Die: Britain's Defence Trade with Iran and Iraq (Global Issues) - Softcover

Miller, Davina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304338532 ISBN 13: 9780304338535

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1996

Synopsis

Export or Die - Britain*s Defence Trade with Iran and Iraq

About this title

Synopsis:

The result of five years' research, this analysis of the defence trade between Britain and the Gulf is based on access to documents and participants in the arms-to-Iraq and Iran cases. In the aftermath of the Scott report, this text provides an account of British decision-making about defence and dual-use goods to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s and, in particular, the role played by Government ministers. It is argued that arms sales are fundamental to the establishment of wider trading relations, but, in turn, bring "reverse influence". As such, they are inextricably bound up in diplomacy. The work offers an explanation of, on the one hand, a public policy of restraint, and, on the other, unofficial supply of arms.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0304338532
• ISBN 13: 9780304338535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256