Written by the author of "The Political Economy of Soviet Defence Spending" and co-author of "The Growth of the British Economy", this book looks at the international dimension, the American and the Soviet defence economy, the NATO alliance, the Warsaw Pact and the international arms trade.

The international dimension; the American defence economy; the Soviet defence economy; the NATO alliance; the Warsaw Pact; the defence burden; the defence burden in the socialist states; international arms trade; the arms race in the 1980s.