Export Controls: A Contemporary History

Bert Chapman

doi:10.5771/9780761862345

Summary

International trade plays an enormous role in economic growth and prosperity. This activity can also be used to transfer military equipment, knowledge, and technology to hostile governments and transnational terrorist and criminal organizations seeking to attack and destroy their enemies. The U.S. and other countries have used economic sanctions such as export controls to try to restrict and eliminate the transfer of weapons and financial assets to these governments and organizations. This work examines how the U.S. has attempted to restrict the export of national security sensitive equipment, finance, knowledge, and technology since World War II with varying degrees of success and failure. It also examines how multiple U.S. Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and international government organizations seek to influence U.S. international trade, foreign, and security policies while concluding that some export controls are essential for promoting and defending U.S. national security interests.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2013
Copyright Year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6233-8
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6234-5
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 432
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
Chapter 1 U.S. Legal and Legislative History No access Pages 1 - 46
Chapter 2 Commerce and Defense Departments No access Pages 47 - 161
Chapter 3 Customs & Border Patrol, Justice Department, and Energy Department No access Pages 162 - 185
Chapter 4 The State Department and Export Controls No access Pages 186 - 233
Chapter 5 Treasury Department No access Pages 234 - 252
Chapter 6 Congress and Export Controls No access Pages 253 - 271
Chapter 7 Nongovernment Organizations and Export Controls No access Pages 272 - 294
Chapter 8 International Government Organizations No access Pages 295 - 323
Conclusion No access Pages 324 - 334
Bibliography No access Pages 335 - 409
Index No access Pages 410 - 430
About the Author No access Pages 431 - 432