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Inside the global arms trade, this film reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade. 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 manufacturers, felonious arms dealers, and the military a situation that compromises our security and undermines our democracy. This article is from the december 2011 issue of new internationalist. Andrew feinstein exposes the shadow world of global arms. Grimonprez bases his research on andrew feinsteins 2011 book the shadow world.
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