Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site vaxine.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!chb From: chb@vaxine.UUCP (Kool Klezmer) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.books Subject: Re: Books on Armaments Message-ID: <286@vaxine.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 16:09:42 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxine.286 Posted: Thu Jun 7 16:09:42 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jun-84 04:37:59 EDT Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA Lines: 20 A good book on American arms, and the export thereof is "Arsenal of Democracy II", by Tom Gervasi, Grove Press, 1981. Has all about American arms that are exported to third world nations in dire need of them. Also explanation of the economics of the MAP program which provides American tax dollars to these poor nations so they can buy the arms from American weapon manufacturers. Also, of course, Jane's Guide to {Ships, Aircraft, Weapons} of the World is the basic source for that kind of info. I don't know the publisher (in England), but most libraries have this. "So it's one, two three, what are we fightin' for? Don't know - I don't give a damn. Next stop is..." Charlie Berg ...{allegra, ima, linus}!vaxine!chb