
The Reluctant Arms Dealer
Ian Varley(Author)
Mark Goodwin(Editor)
5T Publishing
Published on 1. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
74 pages
978-0-9535404-3-3 (ISBN)
Description
You've never read a book quite like this one.
A fascinating read about a fascinating man who spent decades operating in the murky shadows of international arms dealing.
After leaving the military, Ian Varley found himself immersed in a world most of us could scarcely imagine. While prostitution is often described as the world's oldest profession, history suggests otherwise: humanity's oldest pursuit may well be the relentless quest to devise ever more effective ways of killing one another. And alongside that pursuit, there has always been someone ready, willing, and able to sell the latest and deadliest tools of destruction.
We've all heard the playground boast, 'my gun is bigger than your gun,' but for the arms dealer, that isn't childish bravado, it's a marketing slogan.
A fascinating read about a fascinating man who spent decades operating in the murky shadows of international arms dealing.
After leaving the military, Ian Varley found himself immersed in a world most of us could scarcely imagine. While prostitution is often described as the world's oldest profession, history suggests otherwise: humanity's oldest pursuit may well be the relentless quest to devise ever more effective ways of killing one another. And alongside that pursuit, there has always been someone ready, willing, and able to sell the latest and deadliest tools of destruction.
We've all heard the playground boast, 'my gun is bigger than your gun,' but for the arms dealer, that isn't childish bravado, it's a marketing slogan.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
1
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9535404-3-3 (9780953540433)
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Content
Foreword 2
Contents 3
Introduction 4-5
Chapter 1 6-15
Chapter 2 16-23
Chapter 3 24-31
Chapter 4 32-37
Chapter 5 38-43
Chapter 6 44-51
Chapter 7 52-56
Chapter 8 57-62
Chapter 9 63-68
Chapter 10 69-71
Conclusion 72-73
Contents 3
Introduction 4-5
Chapter 1 6-15
Chapter 2 16-23
Chapter 3 24-31
Chapter 4 32-37
Chapter 5 38-43
Chapter 6 44-51
Chapter 7 52-56
Chapter 8 57-62
Chapter 9 63-68
Chapter 10 69-71
Conclusion 72-73