Military Industry And Regional Defense Policy ― India, Iraq And Israel

By examining in detail the military-industrial policies of India, Israel, and Iraq - three of the most powerful regional powers in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras - this book re-addresses the issue of military industrialization in the developing world. It focuses on the impact of security perceptions on policy-making in producer states, and makes use of recent literature re-examining the role of regional state sub-systems in international relations and recent historical studies of international technology and arms transfer.
By focusing on the political-military aspects of military industrial policies and examining how developing states have integrated military industries with national security policies, Timothy D. Hoyt creates a new framework for analyzing the rationale and effectiveness of these industries in the context of global and regional threats. This model explains the unusual development of Iraq's arms industry and the emergence of apparently similar industries elsewhere, while also providing new insights into the strengths and limitations of Indian and Israeli military industrial sectors.
This book will be of much interest to researchers and policy-makers of defense policy and military industry, international relations, and regional studies (Middle East and South Asia).

Timothy D. Hoyt is Professor of Strategy and Policy at the US Naval War College.