The history of landmines / Mike Croll.
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TextPublication details: Barnsley [U.K.] : Leo Cooper, 1998.Description: xi, 164 p, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 0850526280
- 9780850526288
- UG490 .C87
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160) and index.
1. Spikes, Traps and Early Landmines -- 2. The First World War and Beyond -- 3. The German Influence on Landmine Warfare -- 4. The Second World War -- 5. Clearing Mines after the Second World War -- 6. Limited War and Technical Improvements -- 7. Intra-state Conflicts and Humanitarian Issues -- 8. The Future.
"While public interest in landmines is recent, their use and that of their non-explosive predecessors has a history which spans 2,500 years. Mike Croll explains the development, employment and reactions to these weapons from the concealed spikes of antiquity to the electronically-fused systems of today." "The History of Landmines takes the reader from ancient Rome to the colonial wars and from the American Civil War to the Gulf War explaining why increasing numbers of these devices have been used and how they have become more sophisticated. The genesis of the present humanitarian crisis is fully described along with the problems of clearing landmines today."--Jacket.
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