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Globalization is a crucial issue for the US defence industry because it entails considerations of national security and of military technological leadership over the world (US Congress, 1990). In this chapter I will show that these two issues have inhibited the globalization of this industry since 1945. More precisely, using the Politics of Industry approach, I will explain how its institutional architecture established during the Cold War has produced irreversible rules for the national mode of producing and selling military equipment.
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© 2008 Sylvain Moura
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Moura, S. (2008). The US Defence Industry Since 1945: Globalization Refused. In: Jullien, B., Smith, A. (eds) Industries and Globalization. Globalization and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230282155_5
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