Arms Bazaar. The companies, the dealers, the bribes. From Vickers to Lockheed
Details:
- Author(s) Sampson, Anthony
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1977
- Pages 352pp
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
- Name Ethics
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written for a broad readership. Deals with international history of arms trading and production and the interrelationship of the two, from the late 19th century with a focus on the post 1945 period. Touches on the British involvement in what is an international study. Describes numerous 'episodes' in the arms trade. Deals early on with Vickers Ltd and Armstrong Vickers Ltd, Sir Basil Zaharoff, Alfred Nobel, British government, etc, but overall relatively little on Britain. Deals with processes, methods, bribery. Touches on ethical issues. The 19 chapters include: Lockheed and the battle for Europe'; 'Northrop and the renaissance man'; 'The British dilemma'; 'Israelis v Arabs'; 'The Saudi middleman'; 'The Californian crisis; etc