One rarely thinks of the logistics involved in warfare, including how the hardware gets to the combatants. Arms merchants tend to be controversial, yet successful and flexible businessmen. Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East, Volume 1 is about such an organization selling to all sides in the Middle East. It describes the negation, sale, and transportation of weapons, and the intrigue around the arms traffic to the Middle East in the late 1940s.
The first half of the book acts as the series introduction, covering the start of Czechoslovakian arms production in the latter part of World War II and into the post-war period into the 1970s. Weapon deals were part of more general trade deals, not always what the buyers wanted but were offered at inflated prices. Czechoslovakia became the vendor of last resort that allowed for getting around arms embargos.
For the reader interested in arms deals during the Israeli War
