Written by the author of The Political Economy of Soviet Defence Spending and co-author of The Growth of the British Economy , this book looks at the international dimension, the American and the Soviet defence economy, the NATO alliance, the Warsaw Pact and the international arms trade.The international dimension; the American defence economy; the Soviet defence economy; the NATO alliance; the Warsaw Pact; the defence burden; the defence burden in the socialist states; international arms trade; the arms race in the 1980s.