The Military Balance 1996/97

Download or read book The Military Balance 1996/97 written by International Institute for Strategic Studies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Military Balance is an indispensable database of the military strength, organization, equipment and defence expenditure of all the world's armed forces. The Military Balance 1996-1997 provides: * Up-to-date information on the composition, size and weapons holdings of over 170 countries * Comparative statistics on defence expenditures worldwide and an analysis of the international arms trade * The latest developments in the field of arms control and non-proliferation measures * Details of UN and other international peacekeeping forces including a loose insert wall map showing deployments * Tables showing data on battle tanks worldwide * An analysis of aerial surveillance capabilities