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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 5404

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5404
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05404
 
Title:Arms Transfers to Developing Countries, 1945-1968
 
Principal Investigator(s):Amelia Leiss
 
Funding Agency:United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
 
Bibliographic Citation:Leiss, Amelia. ARMS TRANSFERS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 1945-1968 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for International Studies [producer], 1970. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05404
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study contains data on the transfer of arms to 52 developing nations in the period 1945-1968. The Arms Transfers data (Part 1) provide information on donor and recipient, date and site of transfer, quantity, system classification (e.g., aircraft, helicopters, missiles, artilleries, small arms, or naval systems), and date production began and ended. The Weapons Systems data (Part 2) contain detailed coded information about each weapons system.
 
Subject Term(s):armaments, arms sales, arms trade, arms transfers, developing nations, weapons, weapons systems, Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (North), Korea (South), Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Somolia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
 
Geographic Coverage:Global
 
Time Period:1945 - 1968
 
Universe:Arms transfers to 52 developing nations in the period 1945-1968.
 
Data Type:event/transaction data, and aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Extent of Processing:SCAN/ REFORM.DOC
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-03
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-18.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB5404.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Arms Transfers
  • DS2: Weapon Systems
 

 

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