Book Series

Designed to complement the annual Small Arms Survey and the periodical papers, our book series presents the findings of larger research projects. PDFs are available here.
 
 

'The Politics of Destroying
Surplus Small Arms':
Inconspicuous Disarmament

'Insecurity Is Also a War':
An Assessment of Armed
Violence in Burundi

Security and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction:
Dealing with fighters in
the aftermath of war

The Central African Republic
and Small Arms:
A Regional Tinderbox

Ammunition Tracing Kit:
Protocols and procedures
for recording small-calibre
ammunition

Afghanistan, Arms and
Conflict: Armed groups,
disarmament and security
in a post-war society

Conventional Ammunition
in Surplus: A Reference
Guide

No Refuge: The Crisis
of Refugee Militarization
in Africa

Targeting Ammunition:
A Primer

Armed and Aimless:
Armed Groups, Guns,
and Human Security in
the ECOWAS Region

Armés mais désoeuvrés:
Group armés, armes légères
et sécurité humaine dans
la région de la Cedeao

Edited by James Bevan, January 2008.
Co-published with BICC, FAS, GRIP, and SEESAC with support from the German Federal Foreign Office.

 

The entire book:

Conventional Ammunition in Surplus 1.8 MB

 

Chapter by chapter:

Preliminaries and glossary 186 kB

Introduction: Conventional Ammunition in Surplus 397 kB
by James Bevan

1. Ammunition-related political developments 122 kB
by James Bevan

2. Generic Types of Conventional Ammunition 1.17 MB
by James Bevan and Adrian Wilkinson

3. Conventional Ammunition Marking 265 kB
by Pablo Dreyfus

4. Conventional Ammunition Tracing 103 kB
by James Bevan

5. Stockpile Management: Accounting 126 kB
by James Bevan

6. Stockpile Management: Surveillance and Proof 90 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson

7. Stockpile Management: Security 118 kB
by Michael Ashkenazi

8. Stockpile Management: Planning 111 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson

9. Stockpile Management: Disposal and Destruction 151 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson

10. Identifying a Surplus 113 kB
by James Bevan and Aaron Karp

11. Liquid Rocket Propellant 136 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson

12. Man-portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) 122 kB
by James Bevan and Matt Schroeder

13. Ammunition Depot Explosions 109 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson

14. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs): An Introduction 110 kB
by Adrian Wilkinson, James Bevan, and Ian Biddle

15. Conventional Ammunition Diversion 110 kB
by James Bevan

16. Small Arms Ammunition Lot Marking 150 kB
by James Bevan and Pablo Dreyfus

17. Stakeholders in Conventional Ammunition Management 89 kB
by Michael Ashkenazi and Holger Anders

18. Ammunition Stockpiles and Communities 90 kB
by Michael Ashkenazi