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050		4	_aHC59.7 .M4273 2012
082	0		_a338.90091724
100	1		_aMehta, Vijay.
245	1	4	_aThe Economics of Killing : _bHow the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPluto Press, _c2012.
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (257 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Military Industrial Complex - Power,Myths, Facts and Figures -- 1- How the West's Addiction to Arms Sales Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis -- A MYSTERIOUS BOOM -- OVERLOAD -- WHY IKE WAS RIGHT -- DEFINING OUR TERMS -- THE CHINA PROBLEM -- THE CAUSES OF A CRISIS -- BIGGER THAN THE WORLD? -- 2- What is the Military-Industrial Complex? -- THE EVIDENCE -- HOW TO EXPLAIN? -- WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? -- THE ECONOMIC EMPIRE -- FOREIGN WELFARE -- THE EFFECT ON TRADE -- INDIA AND PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF MILITARY BALANCE -- PEACE THROUGH WAR -- IF YOU CAN'T PERSUADE, STEAL -- CONCLUSION -- 3 - The Culture of Militarism and GlobalNorth's Power of Definition -- A DANGEROUS JOB - FOR SOME -- OFFICER'S PERKS -- BLAMING THE POLITICIANS -- THE POWER OF DEFINITION -- THE TEARDROP OF ASIA -- A COLLECTIVE FAILURE -- 4 - Europe and the Remaking of theMiddle East -- BY HAPPY COINCIDENCE -- THE POWDERKEG -- THE CHANCE OF UNITY -- Part II: Military Spending and Its Ill Effects -- 5- Negative Effects of Conflicts on Global and Human Security, Refugees, Forced Migrations and Urbanisation -- THE WAR IN PAKISTAN -- A GULF IN PHILOSOPHY -- THE TALIBAN -- ANTI-REFUGEES: INTERNAL MIGRATION AS A SOURCE OF CONTROL -- THE FUTURE -- 6- War and its Ill Effects on Health,Environment and Development -- THE MALNUTRITION-INFECTION COMPLEX -- THE MILITARY THREAT OF UNDER-DEVELOPMENT -- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN -- CHANCES FOR THE FUTURE -- Part III: The Folly of Chronic Wars - For Profit, Resources and Domination - More Weapons - More Wars - More Profits -- 7- Terrorism and Non-State Actors, and How to Make Them Stop -- DEATH IN LONDON -- HOW TO MAKE A BOMB -- THE MYSTERY OF IRAQ -- CONNECTIVITY -- INTERFERENCE -- 8- China's Periphery - The Military-Industrial Mess that Could Destroy a Bright Future -- CHINA TODAY -- INLAND EMPIRE.
505	8		_aTHE POWER OF BILLIONS -- A GREATER TIBET -- A BURMESE WARNING -- A SUN RE-RISEN? -- VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA -- THE FUTURE -- 9- The Emerging Conflicts - Other Future Fault-lines of the World -- NEAR TERM WARS -- THE COST OF AN INVASION OF IRAN TO THE US ECONOMY -- THE COST OF INACTION? -- CRISIS II: THE KOREAN PENINSULA -- THE NEW RESOURCES -- TITAN RAIN -- OUTER SPACE -- THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE -- Part IV: A New Vision, a New Beginning in a New Millennium - A Practical Way of Reducing Arms, Armies and Wars for the Survival of Humanity -- 10 - Averting Disaster - What Type ofGlobal Security Architecture Fits inToday's World? -- CHINA'S RISE -- EUROPE'S DEMISE -- SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY -- REPEATING CHINA'S MIRACLE -- STATE CHAMPIONS -- 11- Replacing the Military-Industrial Complex - Making the Twenty-first Century the Century of Soft Power -- CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES -- Epilogue -- OPTING FOR DOOM -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND NATO -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aShows how Western governments are trapping the developing world in a cycle of violence and poverty.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aEconomic development-Developing countries.
650		0	_aPolitics and war-Developing countries.
650		0	_aPoverty-Political aspects-Developing countries.
650		0	_aWorld politics-21st century.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMehta, Vijay _tThe Economics of Killing _dLondon : Pluto Press,c2012 _z9780745332246
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5390723 _zClick to View
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