The military balance 2009 / (Record no. 11496)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780415498463 (pbk) :
Terms of availability 234.00 GBP
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The military balance 2009 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by James Hackett.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. published by Routledge for The International Institute for Strategic Studies,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 109th ed.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 450 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT: Part 1 Capabilities, Trends and Economics. Entries arranged alphabetically by country within main world regions. Each region is prefaced with a descriptive account of major military developments and events of the previous year. Country entries give defence budgets, force breakdowns with personnel and equipment, reserves, and deployments. Each section concludes with tables of significant arms orders and deliveries. Part 1 chapter 9 lists UN and other deployments in 2007-2008, major training exercises, comparative defence expenditures and military manpower, and arms deliveries. Chapter 10 is a review of developments in the defence industries of the Asia Pacific region. Chapter 11 is an essay on UN peacekeeping after sixty years. A short article on trends in non-state activity 2007-2008 prefaces Part 2 Non-state Groups and Affiliates has tables with brief details of groups, origin, strengths, active locations, aims and remarks. Part 3 Reference features tables of aircraft designations, lists of abbreviations and indexes. A separate poster-sized "chart of conflict" gives details of past and on-going conflicts with supporting data e.g. fatalities, peace support operations, top U.N. troop contributing countries, and selected foreign military interventions. Map inside back cover details piracy incidents in seas around Somalia.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element ARMED FORCES
General subdivision STATISTICS
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Topical term or geographic name entry element DEFENCE EXPENDITURES
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Topical term or geographic name entry element ARMS TRANSFERS
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name HACKETT James
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre Reference 26/02/2009   R 355.03 INT 25925-1001 03/01/2024 1 03/01/2024 Book