Table of Contents

The cost-plus, bottomless bucket gravy train; rising costs and finite budgets; competition with limits; the costs and effectiveness of competition; the cost of non-Europe; the cost of British arms exports; inefficiency in procurement.

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An exploration of imperial culture which drives the attitudes behind Britain's arms business. It reviews the perceived economic and political benefits flowing from Britain's arms exports and argues that the country's economic, military and political security are actually eroded by its arms trade.

About the Author

Neil Cooper is a lecturer in politics at the University of Plymouth and has written a number of works on defence policy and the arms trade.