TY - BOOK AU - REPPY Judith (ed.) TI - Conversion of military R and D SN - 0333738713 (hbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - Basingstoke, UK PB - Macmillan KW - BRITAIN KW - DEFENCE INDUSTRY KW - FRANCE KW - GERMANY KW - MILITARY TECHNOLOGY KW - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT KW - RUSSIA KW - UNITED STATES N2 - Describes the scale, benefits and costs of military research and development. Discusses the process of converting military R&D to civilian applications and examines how this has been approached in the USA, UK, Russia, France and Germany. Considers the problems of dual military civilian technology, the need for preventive arms control, and the importance of openness to promote confidence building ER -