Andrew Feinstein former member of the African National Congress investigates the secretive world of the global arms trade in his gripping new book The Shadow World". Feinstein reveals the corruption & the cover-ups behind BAEs controversial transactions in South Africa Tanzania & eastern Europe & the revolving-door relationships that characterise the US Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex. " The Shadow World" exposes both the formal government-backed trade in arms as well as the illicit deals & lays bare the shocking links between the two. " Essential reading for anyone who cares about justice transparency & accountability in both the public & private spheres & for anyone who believes that it is more important to invest in saving lives than in the machinery of death". (Archbishop Desmond Tutu). " Andrew Feinstein has written an authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling heartbreaking & enraging". (Arundhati Roy). " The nobility & justice of Feinsteins sentiments are indisputable. The arms trade is a loathsome commerce conducted by people who wear suits & occupy big boardroom tables but should have trouble sleeping at night". (Max Hastings " Sunday Times"). " Remarkable & courageous..." The Shadow World" is a heroic book by an author who in writing it has put himself in the firing line". (Iain Macwhirter). " Feinsteins book is a singularly powerful study & deserves to be read by anyone who wants to see light shining on such a shadowy world". (" Independent"). Andrew Feinstein is the author of " After the Party: A Personal & Political Journey Inside the ANC" a best-selling memoir of his time as an African National Congress MP in South Africa. His journalism has been featured in the " Guardian" " Daily Telegraph" " Prospect" " New York Times" " Spiegel" " New Statesman" & " Africa Report". He appears regularly on the BBC CNN & Al Jazeera. He is the founding co-director of Corruption Watch an anti-corruption NGO & chairperson of the Aids charity Fo TAC."