The Military Balance 2002/2003 [Paperback]

International Institute for Strategic Studies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2002 | ISBN-10: 019851672X | ISBN-13: 978-0198516729 | Edition: Pap/Map

The Military Balance is an indispensable annual handbook for anyone conducting serious studies of security policy and military affairs. It is the only reliable, publicly available inventory of the world's armed forces, rebel groups, and orgainized non-state armed groups. Region-by-region analyses cover the major developments affecting security policy and the arms trade. Country-by-country defence statistics include numbers of armed forces personnel and weapons systems, as well as information on defence expenditure.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`Review from previous edition The Military Balance has become a leading, if not the leading one-volume reference guide to the world's armed forces. The figures and insight it provides is frequently quoted by news services such as the Associated Press, Agence France Press and Reuters; electronic media such as the BBC, CNN and Sky, as well as authoritative news magazines such as Newsweek and Time.' African Armed Forces Journal, Ed. S J McIntosh

`This reviewer can state, without equivocation, that this is true value for money for an indispensable, authoritative annual manual. My yearly copies have long since become reference works of the first resort.' African Armed Forces Journal, Ed. S J McIntosh

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Pap/Map edition (November 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 019851672X
• ISBN-13: 978-0198516729
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,133,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)