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Under the Counter and Over the Border

Aspects of the Contemporary Trade in Illicit Arms

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Editors:
  1. Mark Phythian

    1. School of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The illicit arms trade: Cold War and Post-Cold War

    • Mark Phythian
    Pages 1-52

  3. The origins of Iran-Contra: Lessons from the Durrani Affair

    • Alan A. Block
    Pages 53-84

  4. Russia and the illicit arms trade

    • John Berryman
    Pages 85-104

  5. French arms, war and genocide in Rwanda

    • Mel McNulty
    Pages 105-129

  6. Subcontracting military power: The privatisation of security in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Gerry Cleaver
    Pages 131-149

  7. Examining international responses to illicit arms trafficking

    • Owen Greene
    Pages 151-190

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 191-192
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About this book

Although the illicit arms trade has evolved over recent years, despite the end of the Cold War it appears to be as vibrant as ever. From Bosnia and Kosovo to Angola and Sierra Leone, illicit arms flows have played a key role in areas of contemporary instability and violence. Against this background, this volume brings together studies of several key issues relating to this trade: the changing nature of the illicit arms trade; the origins of the Iran-Contra affair; the flow of illicit arms from post-communist Russia; the role of France in arming the genocide in Rwanda; the question of the role of private security companies in areas of instability; and the prospects of controlling the illicit trade in small arms. This timely volume will be essential reading for courses in Criminology, War and Peace Studies, International Politics, and African and other Area Studies which deal with arms trafficking and conflict issues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, UK

    Mark Phythian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Under the Counter and Over the Border

  • Book Subtitle: Aspects of the Contemporary Trade in Illicit Arms

  • Editors: Mark Phythian

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9335-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6593-8Published: 31 October 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5569-9Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9335-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 192

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Sciences, general, Political Science

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