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...business of arms sales there is a new intensity to which Sampson devotes most of his book. The threat of nuclear war and the polarizing effect of U.S. Soviet relations disrupts the old "every man for himself" ethic. The most revolutionizing effect, however, has been the oil crisis and the growing militance of third world nations. Not only do the Arab sheiks have the foreign exchange which the West desperately needs, they also have the economic power to demand choice weaponry, like F-14 fighter jets and computer-guided missiles. Of course, they often burden themselves with equipment they cannot...
...Arms Bazaar: From Lebanon to Lockheed by Anthony Sampson The Viking Press,$12.95,340 pages...
Starting with Nobel and such other "merchants of death" as Alfred Krupp, Andrew Carnegie and the duPont family,Arms Bazaar by Anthony Sampson, a British journalist, traces the rise of the international arms market. As any good front-page journalist does, Sampson pays sharp attention to detail and leaves the analysis to more sophisticated writers. He merely tries to trace the industry point-by-point, producing an account valuable for researchers and pleasure readers...
...there was no deterrent effect in dynamite or mustard gas, and when the war ended, the industry entered a new dimension. Isolationism followed by depression dampened sales somewhat, but the rise of fascism in Europe led to an industry oriented toward production for national use. All through these years, Sampson ignores conventional history and economics, merely tracing the nefarious activities of a handful of peddlers. Sampson does not say what a Messerschmidt can do to an Ethiopian tribesman, nor does he fully examine the Krupp family's role in the Nazi war machine. He is more concerned with the individuals...
...House documents and 880 tapes that might or might not answer the many riddles of Watergate. Though no law governed the ownership of such documents. Presidents from Washington to Johnson have considered their papers as personal property, and so Nixon's lawyers negotiated a deal with Arthur F. Sampson, a Nixon appointee still heading the General Services Administration. The Government was to ship Nixon's "presidential materials" to a warehouse near San Clemente, and Nixon could veto anyone's access to them. After ten years or Nixon's death, the GSA would destroy the tapes. Congress...