The economics of killing : how the West fuels war and poverty in the developing world / Vijay Mehta.

Includes bibliographical references (pages193-226) and index.

Military-industrial complex : power, myths, facts and figures. How the West's addiction to arms sales caused the 2008 financial crisis ; What is the military-industrial complex? ; The culture of militarism and global north's power of definition ; Europe and the remaking of the Middle East -- Military spending and its ill effects. Negative effects of conflicts on global and human security, refugees, forced migrations and urbanisation ; War and its ill effects on health, environment and development -- The folly of chronic wars : for profit, resources and domination, more weapons, more wars, more profits. Terrorism and non-state actors, and how to make them stop ; China's periphery : the military-industrial mess that could destroy a bright future ; The emerging conflicts : other future fault-lines of the world -- A new vision, a new beginning in a new millennium : a practical way of reducing arms, armies and wars for the survival of humanity. Adverting disaster : what type of global security architecture fits in today's world? ; Replacing the military-industrial complex : making the twenty-first century the century of soft power.