Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Hardcover. New hardcover in a new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. 8vo. (6.39 x 1.46 x 9.13 inches) Includes references, an index, photos, and figures. 672 pp.

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ISBN: 9780374208387

The Shadow World is the harrowing behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, revealing the deadly collusion among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military that compromises our security and undermines our democracy.

Pulling back the curtain on this secretive world, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history—between the British and Saudi governments—to the role Israel plays in helping U.S. weapons manufacturers sidestep economic sanctions. He exposes in forensic detail both the formal government-togovernment trade in arms and the shadow world of illicit weapons dealing, and lays bare the shocking and inextricable links between the two. Drawing on his experience as a member of the African National Congress who resigned when the ANC refused to launch an investigation into a corrupt major South African arms deal, Feinstein illuminates the impact this network has not only on conflicts around the world but also on the democratic institutions of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Based on pathbreaking reporting and unprecedented access to top-secret information and major players in this clandestine realm, The Shadow World places us in the midst of the arms trade’s dramatic wheeling and dealing, from corporate boardrooms to seedy out-of-the-way hotels, and reveals the profound danger this network represents to all of us.

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