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245			_aThe military balance 2009 / _cedited by James Hackett.
260			_aLondon : _bpublished by Routledge for The International Institute for Strategic Studies, _c2009
300			_a450 p.
520			_aCOVERAGE 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			_aARMED FORCES _xSTATISTICS
650			_aDEFENCE EXPENDITURES
650			_aARMS TRANSFERS
700			_aHACKETT James
250			_a109th ed.
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