The Shadow World Inside the Global Arms Trade [Paperback]

Soon to be a Major PBS Documentary Event

An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging. ---Arundhati Roy

The Shadow Worldis the behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade, exposing in forensic detail the deadly collusion that all too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military---a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy.

Andrew Feinstein reveals the cover-ups behind a range of weapons deals, from the largest in history---between the British and Saudi governments---to the guns-for-diamonds deals in Africa and the current $60 billion U.S. weapons contract with Saudi Arabia. Based on pathbreaking reporting and unprecedented access to top-secret information,The Shadow Worldtakes us into a clandestine realm that is as vitally important as it is shocking.

This shocking expose unveils a shadow world of corruption, greed, slaughter, and other horrors, tawdry and gruesome in its criminality. It must be brought to a quick and final end. Noam Chomsky

A devastating and scrupulously documented account of the greed, venality, and rampant corruption pervading the global arms trade...A brilliant and massively important book. Andrew J. Bacevich, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.), and author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

Feinstein writes with a crusading spirit and a depth of detail that lendThe Shadow Worldurgency and authority&.A comprehensive treatment of the arms trade, possibly the most complete account that has ever been written. The Washington Post

Feinstein makes his case with an impressive amount of detailed research and a gift for narrative that make his findings hard to dismiss. Foreign Affairs

An eye-opener&Everyone would do well to read this book and self-educate on what this world is all about, and tl�