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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "History of land mines".
- catalog contributor b11004396.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-160) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 164 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "History of landmines.".
- catalog identifier "0850526280".
- catalog isFormatOf "History of landmines.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Barnsley [U.K.] : Leo Cooper,".
- catalog relation "History of landmines.".
- catalog subject "Land mines History.".
- catalog subject "Land mines.".
- catalog subject "Mines (Military explosives) History.".
- catalog subject "Mines (Military explosives)".
- catalog subject "UG490 .C76 1998".
- catalog title "History of land mines".
- catalog title "The history of landmines / Mike Croll.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".