Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade written by Nicholas Gilby and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only up-to-date work on the global arms trade, this book puts the global trade in weapons into the context of history. It includes recent controversial deals as well as case studies on Zimbabwe, Iraq and Darfur. Veteran human rights campaigner Nicolas Gilby exposes the cynicism, bribery and secret deals which characterise this dirty - albeit legal - business.