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Book SynopsisIn 1997, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) coordinated the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.
Trade ReviewTreating the sea mine and the land mine as siblings, Youngblood tells the history of mine warfare from the origins of the mine through the development of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the signing of the 1997 Ottawa Convention limiting the manufacture and use of antipersonnel mines. He discusses technical, tactical, and strategic developments in mine warfare along with the experiences of those who developed mines and those who had to deal with them on the battlefield. * SciTech Book News *
Table of ContentsSeries Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Origins of Mine Warfare 2. The Age of Invention: From America to Russia 3. The American Civil War 4. The Sea Mine Comes of Age 5. The Great War 6. World War II 7. Mine Warfare Since 1945 Appendix A: Hague Convention 1907 Appendix B: Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines Notes Selected Bibliography Index
