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This nineteenth edition of the SIPRI Yearbook presents detailed information on arms and arms control issues in a form that is both concise and standardized for ease of use. The Yearbooks attract world-wide attention and are used by governments, arms control negotiators, United Nations delegations, members of parliament, scholars, students, and citizens as unique and indispensable reference works. The SIPRI Yearbook 1988 continues SIPRI's review of the latest developments in nuclear weapons, nuclear explosions, world military expenditure, the international arms trade, chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapon technology, the military use of outer space, and ongoing armed conflicts. Efforts to control the arms race are described, and the status of negotiations and agreements is analysed. In addition to these regular features and statistics, this latest SIPRI Yearbook contains special studies on the INF Treaty, the ABM Treaty review, the Iran-Iraq war and the role of the United Nations, and the UN Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development. The comprehensive coverage offered by the SIPRI Yearbook 1988 makes it an invaluable sourcebook for anyone seeking authoritative, factual information on issues of armaments and disarmament and thus to anyone interested in strategic studies, peace studies, and international relations.

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Praise for previous editions: Consistent with SIPRI's high standards, the book is an authoritative source of data....Invaluable to negotiators, U.N. staff, and policy makers involved in public debates, as well as the general reader. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<br> SIPRI's studies are nearly invaluable for all those interested in problems of disarmament, as much because of their extensive documentation as for the competence of their authors. --Le Monde<br> What sets this volume apart from similar fact-finding yearbooks is the readable style in which the material is presented. This is an extremely useful work for all those concerned with armaments and the arms race. --American Reference Book Annual<br>

Praise for previous editions: Consistent with SIPRI's high standards, the book is an authoritative source of data....Invaluable to negotiators, U.N. staff, and policy makers involved in public debates, as well as the general reader. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists SIPRI's studies are nearly invaluable for all those interested in problems of disarmament, as much because of their extensive documentation as for the competence of their authors. --Le Monde What sets this volume apart from similar fact-finding yearbooks is the readable style in which the material is presented. This is an extremely useful work for all those concerned with armaments and the arms race. --American Reference Book Annual

<br>Praise for previous editions Consistent with SIPRI's high standards, the book is an authoritative source of data....Invaluable to negotiators, U.N. staff, and policy makers involved in public debates, as well as the general reader. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<p><br> SIPRI's studies are nearly invaluable for all those interested in problems of disarmament, as much because of their extensive documentation as for the competence of their authors. --Le Monde<p><br> What sets this volume apart from similar fact-finding yearbooks is the readable style in which the material is presented. This is an extremely useful work for all those concerned with armaments and the arms race. --American Reference Book Annual<p><br>

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