SIPRI Yearbook 1992 World Armaments and Disarmament [Hardcover]

Bringing together the latest developments in the realm of international military expenditure and nuclear weapons, this twenty-third edition also reviews nuclear explosions, arms production and trade, chemical and biological weapons, as well as military use of outer space, proliferation of ballistic missile technology, armed conflicts in 1991, nuclear arms control of the United States and the Soviet Union, and conventional arms control in Europe.

Praise for SIPRI Yearbooks:
[A] literate and readable account of the world's recent attempts at peacemaking, warmaking, arms buildups, and build-downs. Much of it was written by well-known experts, including Rolf Ekeus, Chairman of the Special Commission on Iraq. A chapter on the history of current armed conflicts is fascinating. --United Nations Secretariat News

Consistent with SIPRI's high standards, the book is an authoritative source of data....Invaluable to negotiators, U.N. staff, and policy makers involved in public debates, as well as the general reader. --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The straightforward, unemotional reporting of the SIPRI experts and the wealth of factual material cogently marshaled in these reports make this an indispensable reference tool and must reading for both professionals and citizens who want their opinions to be based on the realities of the world armaments scene. --The Center Magazine

SIPRI's studies are...invaluable for all those interested in problems of disarmament, as much because of their extensive documentation as for the competence of their authors. --Le Monde

What sets this volume apart from similar fact-finding yearbooks is the readable style in which the material is presented. This is an extremely useful work for all those concerned with armaments and the arms race. --American Reference Book Annual