The history of landmines / Mike Croll.

By:

Croll, Mike

Material type:

TextPublication details: Barnsley [U.K.] : Leo Cooper, 1998.Description: xi, 164 p, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0850526280
9780850526288

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: History of landmines.LOC classification:

UG490 .C87

Contents:

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.

Review: "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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	Books	Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College General stacks		Reference		UG490 .C87 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			2024-1299

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160) and index.

"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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