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Authoritative, disturbing and compelling: an essential expose of the shocking truth behind the multi-million pound global arms trade.
Synopsis
Reveals the corruption behind BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. This title exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the illicit deals and lays bare the shocking links between the two.
Book Details
Publisher:
PENGUIN GROUP
Publication Date:
25-Oct-2012
ISBN:
9780141040059
Guardian review
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein review
the guardian Tue 27 November 2012
In 2010, global military expenditure was $235 for every person on the planet. Greece apparently spends more on weapons than any other nation in the EU. Feinstein's compelling book exposes the "parallel world of money, corruption, deceit and death" behind the trade in arms. In forensic detail (there are over 100 pages of notes and references), he reveals the symbiotic relationship that exists between governments and the defence industry, as well as cataloguing the appalling waste of public resources and corruption on a massive scale. One arms dealer tells Feinstein that with Saudi Arabian contracts he has to give back more than half of the price in bribes. Few people ever face justice because of the close relationship between governments and the companies. Feinstein accepts that in an uncertain world we need an arms industry, but its special status means that it is protected from legal and economic vagaries. Around the world, taxpayers are being ripped off and wars are being prolonged for profits. A powerful and important book.
