TY - BOOK AU - WEBB Tim TI - Armour- plated ostrich: the hidden costs of Britain's addiction to the arms business SN - 1871204097 (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Comerford & Miller KW - DEFENCE ECONOMICS KW - DEFENCE INDUSTRY KW - GREAT BRITAIN N2 - Concludes that far from being a wealth-creating industry and provider of jobs, weapons manufacture has severely weakened the Brirish economy. Civil manufacturing industry has declined as successive governments have subsidised military production ER -