edited by Thomas Mahnken, Joseph Maiolo, and David Stevenson
First edition
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Joseph Maiolo -- Before 1914 -- Introduction / David Stevenson -- The Anglo-German Naval Race, 1898-1914 / Matthew S. Seligmann -- Land Armaments in Europe, 1866-1914 / David Stevenson -- Between the Two World Wars -- Introduction / Joseph Maiolo -- Land Armaments, 1919-1941 / Evan Mawdsley -- Naval Armaments Competition Between the Two World Wars / Joseph Maiolo -- Aircraft and the Arms Race Between the World Wars / Richard Overy -- The Cold War Arms Race -- Introduction / Thomas Mahnken -- The United States and the Cold War Arms Race / Thnothy Hoyt -- The Soviet Union and the Cold War Arms Race / Sergey Radchenko -- The Cold War Arms Race: Forces Beyond the Superpowers / Vojtech Mastny -- Extra-European Arms Races and Developments Since the Cold War -- Introduction / Thomas Mahnken -- Arms Races and the Arab-Israeli Conflict / Avi Kober -- Arms and Assistance in South Asia 1953-1965: Why Racing Alone Explains Little / Rudra Chaudhuri -- Racing from Behind: China and the Dynamics of Arms Chases and Races in East Asia in the Twenty-First Century / Tai Ming Cheung -- Armaments Developments Since the Cold War / Thomas Mahnken
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The first comprehensive history of the arms racing phenomenon in modern international politics, drawing on European, Asian, and Middle Eastern examples from throughout the twentieth century and addressing the key questions - what causes arms races, and what is the connection between arms races and the outbreak of wars?