Videos tagged with British Bureaucracy

This video reviews 'The Sterling Years: Small Arms and the Men' by James Edmiston, detailing his experience owning the Sterling Arms Company from the 1970s into the early 1980s. The book offers a unique perspective on the realities of running a machine gun company, emphasizing the bureaucratic hurdles over adventure. It covers international sales of the Sterling submachine gun, which was exported to over 200 countries, and discusses the political factors influencing military arms adoption. Edmiston's account highlights the challenges of dealing with government bureaucracy, particularly the British government's reluctance to work with domestic private arms manufacturers.