Review
'For decades, the nuclear arms race diverted attention from the immense numbers of civilian casualties caused indiscriminate antipersonnel weapons. This book describes in chilling detail why these 'conventional' weapons have been aptly called 'weapons of mass destruction in slow motion' - Patrick Leahy, US senator
Product Description
More soldiers and civilians have died in contemporary wars and their aftermath as a result of the indiscriminate use of landmines and other anti-personnel weapons than from any other type of modern armament. Some 85 million anti-personnel weapons now lie scattered around the world, yet little has been published about them outside defence circles. The unique story of their terrifying development and proliferation since World War II makes clear why an entire UN Treaty, the 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention, is now devoted to the subject - and up for review later this year.
