Defence procurement remains a relatively under-researched area, mostly focusing on the USA. This revealing book looks at defence procurement from the point of view of smaller countries such as Israel, Australia, Poland and Spain.

PART 1. AN OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Procurement and the chain of supply: A general framework Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie 2. Demand: Military products, user requirements, and the organisation of procurement Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie 3. Supply: Defence industry Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie 4. Buyer-seller interaction in defence procurement Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie 5. Government policy: Defence procurement and defence industry Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie PART 2. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 6. The Australian defence value adding chain: Evolution and experimentation Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall and Robert Wylie 7. Canadian defence procurement Ugurhan Berkok 8. Defence structure, procurement and industry: The case of Israel K. Kagan, O. Setter, Y. Shefi and A. Tishler 9. Small country 'total defence': A case study of Singapore Ron Matthews and Nellie Zhang Yan 10. Importing defence technologies: Why have Spanish policies changed? Jordi Molas-Gallart 11. From certainty to uncertainty: Sweden's armament policy in transition Björn Hagelin 12. National Defence Organisation and defence procurement in The Netherlands Erik Dirksen PART 3. INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES 13. Industry case study: Australian naval shipbuilding Stefan Markowski and Robert Wylie 14. Managing the defence value adding chain: Australian procurement of over-the-horizon radar Robert Wylie and Stefan Markowski Conclusion