SIPRI Yearbook 2010

Marion Birch, Medicine, Conflict and Survival (27:2) As a reference book its layout is superb. Extensive references (easy to read as footnotes rather than endnotes) and extensive appendices after each chapter mean that you can easily engage at whatever level you want... This is a reference book of huge breadth and great quality that is well worth the investment, and a great contribution to a more peaceful world.

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Abstracts; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction. International security, armaments and disarmament in 2010; 1. A world without nuclear weapons: fantasy or necessity?; 2. Armed conflict, crime and criminal violence; Appendix 2A. Patterns of major armed conflicts, 2000DS2009; Appendix 2B. The Global Peace Index 2010; 3. Civilian roles in peace operations; Appendix 3A. Multilateral peace operations, 2009; 4. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions: rebalancing in the midst 149 of global change; 5. Military expenditure; Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 2000DS2009; Appendix 5B. The reporting of military expenditure data; 6. Arms production; Appendix 6A. The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2008; Appendix 6B. Major arms industry acquisitions, 2009; 7. International arms transfers; Appendix 7A. The suppliers and recipients of major conventional 306 weapons, 2005DS2009; Appendix 7B. The financial value of the arms trade, 1999DS2008; Appendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfers; 8. World nuclear forces; Appendix 8A. Global stocks of fissile materials, 2009; Appendix 8B. Nuclear explosions, 1945DS2009; 9. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation; 10. Reducing security threats from chemical and biological materials; 11. Conventional arms control; 12. Controls on security-related international transfers; Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2009; Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements; Annex B. International security cooperation bodies; Annex C. Chronology 2009; About the authors; Errata; Index

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