The Military Balance is an indispensable database of the military strength, organization, equipment and defence expenditure of all the world's armed forces. The Military Balance 1996/97 provides: * Up-to-date information on the composition, size and weapons holdings of over 170 countries * Comparative statistics on defence expenditures worldwide and an analysis of the international arms trade * Maps of the Russian Military Districts, the Middle East, Chinese Military Regions and Districts, and the development of NATO forces in Bosnia * In-depth analysis of the general arms trade, developments in the field of weapons of mass destruction, peacekeeping operations, and other arms-control developments * Tables showing international comparisons of defence expenditure and military manpower; characteristics of tanks and heavy armoured combat vehicles; and unmanned aerial vehicles * A loose wall map on missile proliferation.