Arms Races in International Politics: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century

This volume provides a survey of the history of arms races in the modern period. It contains sections on arms races before the First World War, between the two world wars, during the Cold War, and in the post-Cold War periods. Its coverage includes not only Europe but also East and South Asia and the Middle East. It seeks to analyse arms races and what causes them, and examines the connections between arms races and the outbreak of wars.