There will be substantial offset agreements so that, for instance, south african steel and other local components will be used in production. Feinsteins compelling book exposes the parallel world of money, corruption, deceit and death behind the trade in arms. Andrew feinstein, who has for a decade been based in london at corruption watch uk, makes no bones about it that the worlds key arms peddlers were seen en masse at codesa the body that negotiated the settlement for the new south africa. Arms deal book author, andrew feinstein on zuma charges. Andrew feinstein is one of the worlds leading experts on political corruption and the global arms trade. As usual, what were seeing here is two things interacting. Andrew feinstein was elected an anc member of parliament in south africas first democratic elections in 1994.
Joining us from london via skype is former anc mp and author andrew feinstein. Even andrew feinstein, an arms deal critic and former anc mp, said in 2008 that he did not think mbeki was personally involved in corruption relating to the deal. Trumps ussaudi arms deals will create only a few hundred. Former anc mp and author, andrew feinstein, arms deal book author, paul holden, and the institute for justice and. This book has recently has been turned into a film that. In shadow world, a book on the global arms trade, author andrew feinstein argues that there is only a thin line between what constitutes legal and illegal. Joining us from london via skype is former anc mp and author andrew. Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, andrew feinstein reveals the corruption and the coverups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history between the british and saudi governments to baes controversial transactions in south africa, tanzania and eastern europe, and the revolvingdoor relationships that characterise the us congressionalmilitary. Inside the global arms trade by andrew feinstein, hamish hamiltonpenguin. Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, andrew feinstein reveals the corruption and the coverups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history between the british and saudi governments to baes controversial transactions in south africa, tanzania and eastern europe, and the revolvingdoor relationships that characterise.
After the party burst onto the south african political scene when it was published in 2006, becoming an instant bestseller. Andrew was a former african national congress anc member of parliament in south africa for 7 years before resigning in protest at the ancs refusal to allow an independent and comprehensive inquiry into a multimillion dollar arms deal. But even those numbers are paltry compared with the plundering which will happen if president. In february 2018, feinstein will return to give evidence on the arms deal at a peoples tribunal. Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, andrew feinstein reveals the corruption and the coverups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history between the british and saudi governments to baes controversial transactions in south africa, tanzania and eastern europe, and the revolvingdoor. Shadow world writer andrew feinstein talks about the most shocking. Feinstein has succeeded in writing a book that analyses the international arms market. A devastating and scrupulously documented account of the greed, venality, and rampant corruption pervading the global arms trade. As the author of the book on which the film shadow world is based. I encountered hundreds of crooked arms deals, mostly originating in. For those who didnt know their corvettes from their countertrade, this books timing is deadly accurate. Andrew feinstein casts light on the global arms trade. The close relationship the arms trade has with the state means any deal would expose some uncomfortable political truths.
He wrote a book about the trauma he and our country experienced during that era in his book, after the party. But arms deal critics said they were not about to give up their fight. What is particularly useful is the very unusual combination of a thoroughly readable book that also provides a quite extraordinary range of sources some 2,500 footnotes in all. Feinstein has written two books on the illicit global arms trade, the shadow. Andrew feinstein is the executive director, a role he previously performed with corruption watch uk from its inception. Andrew feinstein on how arms deals finance political. In the shadow world, andrew feinstein gives us a sweeping and troubling. He was forced out of parliament after refusing to heed the anc leaderships demand to close down investigations into south africas corrupt arms deal. Reinhard gehlen and gerhard mertins, who secured beneficial arms deals for the u. Feinstein, founder of corruption watch and onetime anc member of parliament, gives an absorbing portrait of basil zaharoff, the worlds first flamboyantly highliving arms dealer, godfather of. There is enough in feinsteins book for a dozen film pitches.
This arms deal was the moment at which the anc and south africas young. What does it expose about the saudi arms deals and the promised jobs that trump is talking about. Inside the global arms trade by andrew feinstein the shadow world is the harrowing behindthescenes tale of the global arms trade, revealing the deadly collusion that all too often exists among senior politicians, weapons manuf. Inside the global arms trade andrew feinstein, gildart. Feinstein has written two books on the illicit global arms trade, the shadow world and after the party, which is a detailed account of his time spent within the anc and the cover up involving the arms deal scandal. Andrew feinstein, an anc member of parliament and the former african national congress leader of parliaments public accounts watchdog scopa, resigned when the party moved to curtail investigations into the arms deal. Feinstein outlines the sordid history of arms deals in recent decades, focusing on dubious deals involving saudi arabia and south africa. Andrew feinstein addresses the nandos daily maverick gathering. The journalists reporting on the arms deal have shown their true. Feinstein reveals the corruption and the coverups behind weapons deals. A personal and political journey inside the anc, was published in 2007.
In his book the arms deal in your pocket paul holden wrote that on 18 june 1997, deputy defence minister kasrils said. Most disturbing is that some of the most western and democratic governments are part arms deals that are unnecessary, at the expense of taxpayers, an at times end up. Andrew feinsteins the shadow world does just this, and in some ways. Arms deal book author, andrew feinstein on zuma charges youtube. Andrew feinstein s the shadow world does just this, and in some ways it is even better than sampsons influential volume. Feinstein has written two books on the illicit global arms trade, the shadow world and after the party. Andrew feinstein is a south african now living in london who was an anc mp. Feinstein is already working on another book on the relationship between a major beneficiary of our arms deal and its relationship with the british government, a view on how the global arms. Feinstein s book on the arms deal, now turned into a film called shadow world, details the dirty deals of the trade. Harvard book store is pleased to welcome founding codirector of corruption watch in london andrew feinstein for a discussion of his new book, the shadow world. The arms deal, which had been planned by the apartheid government but was disrupted by apartheid reforms and the political nonracial. Detailing exanc mp andrew feinstein s involvement with the ruling party his euphoria at being part of the new south africa followed by a growing disillusionment over the ancs handling of hivaids and in particular the notorious arms deal.
Andrew feinstein exposes the shadow world of global arms. Inside the global arms trade, the acclaimed book by andrew feinstein, the film explores how governments, their militaries and intelligence agencies, defense contractors, arms dealers and agents are inextricably intertwined with the international trade in weapons, and how that trade fosters corruption, determines. He was revolted by the shenanigans of the south african arms deal and finally resigned from the anc. He resigned in 2001 in protest at the anc governments refusal to allow an unfettered investigation into an arms deal that was tainted by allegations of highlevel corruption. Andrew feinstein will be very key in the course of action that is to follow in the arms deal saga, after the landmark ruling made on wednesday, by the north gauteng high court. Andrew feinstein has produced a brilliant and massively important book. Even so, one thing that has been missing has been a comprehensive book for the more general reader, along the lines of anthony sampsons the arms bazaar, back in the late 1970s. The washington post described the book as a comprehensive treatment of the arms trade, possibly the most complete account ever written. In this wall exchange lecture andrew feinstein draws back the curtain on the shadow world of the global trade in weaponsits systemic corruption, highly technical nature, and the pervasive. In the same way that andrew feinstein exposed a corrupt arms deal that darkened south africas rainbow nation, he has now turned his forensic gaze on the impact of similar. There will be major offset or countertrade agreements, so that for every rand spent abroad, the same amount will be invested in south africa. Arms industry researcher andrew feinstein arms deal with saudi arabia to create far fewer jobs than promised. Feinstein was educated at kings college cambridge, the university of california at berkley, and the university of cape town and also participated in the london school of economics.
In this compelling critique, corruption watchdog andrew feinstein argues that the militaryindustrial complex is riddled with corruption and bribery. In the same way that andrew feinstein exposed a corrupt arms deal that darkened south africas. Andrew feinstein has written an authoritative guide to the business of war. Andrew feinstein is the executive director of corruption watch uk and author of the shadow world. Army feinsteins book is sound, timely and invaluable. Global arms expert andrew feinstein explores shadow world. What are some good books about the international arms. National prosecuting authority head shaun abrahams announced his decision to prosecute zuma at a media briefing earlier today. Feinstein looks closely at margaret thatcher and bas deal with prince bandar of saudi arabia in the mid 80s. He wrote a book called after the party with an insiders view of the process.
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