US Weapons at War

American policy makers believe that U.S. weapons exports are only made to responsible allies who use these systems for legitimate defensive purposes. But, this report documents U.S. weapons deliveries to 50 current ethnic & territorial conflicts. Contrary to the conventional wisdom in Wash., official U.S. data on arms transfers proves that U.S.-supplied weaponry is at the center of many of the most dangerous & intractable conflicts. Chapters: U.S. Arms Transfer (USAT)-- Promoting Stability or Fueling Conflict?; U.S. Weapons At War; Strengthening Potential Adversaries: The Boomerang Effect: Panama, Iraq, Somalia, & Haiti; Reforming the USAT Decisionmaking Process: 5 Recommendations; USAT to Regions of Conflict, 1984-1993.Hartung, William D. is the author of 'US Weapons at War', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756734855 and ISBN 0756734851.