Arms Races

Reviews / Votes

`This is a worthwhile volume because it (a) makes more accessible perspectives from Northern Europe, providing a counterpoint to viewpoints shaped in the United States; (b)presents a number of informative studies of internal sources of militarism, arms build-ups and weapons acquisitions; and (c) raises provocative, important issues in methodology and knowledge acquisition. Clearly, this collection warrants consideraion by serious students of arms races' - Armed Forces and Society



`A combination of theory, empirical data, and comparative analysis, this book is a must for every person interested in the arms race.' - Charles C Moskos





`Taken together, the volume appears to exhaust the field of possible alternative explanations of the armaments dynamics, in addition to which it contains a comprehensive bibliography.' - Non-Offensive Defence





`There is a need for a book that pulls the subject together, and anyone wanting to get access to the state of the art could not do better than to start with this one. It gives a thoughtful, wide-rangingg and constructive criticism of the whole attempt to understand arms racing.... It should be particularly welcome to those seeking a way into a large and scattered literature, and to those trying to find coherent teaching material.' - International Relations and Organizations





`The Gleditsch introductory overview is extremely useful....an extremely useful collection of papers on a topic which is likely, unfortunately, to be of enduring interest. - Pacific Research an extremely useful collection of papers on a topic which is likely, unfortunately, to be of enduring interet. - Pacific Research