Military industry and regional defence policy: India, Iraq, and Israel/
Timothy D. Hoyt.
- London: Routledge, 2007.
- xv, 292 p. ill. 23 cm.
1 Introduction Military industry in the developing world 2 The developing world: some structural considerations Regional powers LDC arms procurement LDCs and the international arms trade The study of LDC arms industries: analytical frameivorks 7 Structuralist/dependency approach Economic/development approach Dominance/world system approach Systemic/historical approach Existing frameworks: the missing variable Methods of analysis 17
2 India Background 22 Indian security perception Military-industrial policy Structure of the Indian defense industry Nehru and the age of idealism: 1947-62 28 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1948-62 The age of realism: 1963-74 33 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1962-74 Hegemony unfulfilled: 1974-98 39 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1974-98 1998-2003: New threats and opportunities 56 Conclusion 61
3 Israel Background 67 Israeli security perceptions The structure of the Israeli defense industry The prc-state period: 1920-48 74 Development of military industrial infrastructure: 1948-67 75 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1948-67 The boom years: 1968-73 83 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1967-73 Overextension and decline: 1973-93 91 Selected indigenous arms programs: 1973-95 Managing security in an uncertain world: 1993-2003 103 Israeli military-industrial requirements 106 The future: niche production or military-industrial and strategic dysfunction?
4 Iraq Background 113 Iraq's security perception Iraq's military-industrial base Embargo, diversification, and war: 1974-84 124 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1974-84 ' Pragmatism and victoiy: 1984-90 129 Selected indigenous arms programs, 1984-90 The 1990s: what might the industiy have looked, like? 138 The enduring puzzle: Iraq's strategic weapons 143 Ballistic missiles Chemical weapons Biological weapons Nuclear weapons Why we don't know - continuing gaps Conclusion 138 5 Regional powers, security, and arms production: conclusions Case studies: patterns and trends 164 India Israel Iraq Lessons learned: security and military industry 170 A security-based model of LDC arms production 171 Category one: sustenance requirements Category two: quality maintenance Category three: ability to produce systems not available from other suppliers Category four: production of regional-specific weaponry and niche production Regional potvers and militaiy industry in the evolving international system 179
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Defense industries Military policy National security