Description & Citation--Study No. 5404

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

05404

Title:

Arms Transfers to Developing Countries, 1945-1968

Principal Investigator(s):

Leiss, Amelia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies

Funding:

United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Bibliographic Citation:

Leiss, Amelia. Arms Transfers to Developing Countries, 1945-1968. ICPSR05404-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05404.v1

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 Terms:

armaments, arms sales, arms trade, arms transfers, developing nations, weapons, weapons systems

Geographic Coverage:

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, Global, 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, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Time Period:
  • 1945--1968

Universe:

Arms transfers to 52 developing nations in the period 1945-1968.

Data Types:

aggregate data, event/transaction data, survey data

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:

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:

  • 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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