War of the Mines: Cambodia, Landmines and the Impoverishment of a Nation [Hardcover]

Paul Davies (Author), Nic Dunlop (Photographer)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0745308597 | ISBN-13: 978-0745308593 | Publication Date: December 1, 1994

A book which documents, in words and pictures, the multifaceted and long-term impact of indiscriminate landmine warfare on civilian communities. The focus of the study is Cambodia and within it one particular district, Rattanak Mondul, in Battambang province. The book covers the history of landmining in Cambodia and through case studies and hard-hitting photographs, provides a powerful case for the banning of landmine warfare. Cambodians are not the world's only victims of landmines and in Rae McGrath's chapter, the author surveys the global effects of landmining. This precedes a chapter exploring the legal aspects of landmining warfare.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This volume is an extensive case study of the long-term impact of landmines as instruments of warfare. The authors document the military use of these weapons in Cambodia over several decades and urge the "demining" of the country as the major prerequisite to its development. While the report contains much sound technical data, its major focus remains the human cost of landmines, which it demonstrates through personal sketches and extensive photographic evidence. Its concluding chapters move the analysis to a global context, urging international funding for mine eradication and for revision of the international regulations on the manufacturing and trade of landmines. While it is a highly specialized volume, it does alert the world to the long-term human costs of landmines. Large public libraries and specialized academic libraries should consider.
James Rhodes, Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

‘In this book, written with first-hand knowledge and a deep care for the Khmer people, (the author and photographer) show that Cambodia exemplifies a worldwide plague of suffering; and they propose what can be done to end the suffering. I cannot recommend their work too highly’-- John Pilger

 

‘The high photographic content will place the book in an althogether different genre of reporting than the landmine issue has so far received. It incorporates virtually all the esisting research done of the mine problem in Cambodia to date, as well as including original information’ --Ed Miles, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

 

‘War of the Mines is a passionately detailed study of mines in a single country ... the most thorough account yet published of their effect on a civilian population ... a significant contribution to the growing awareness in the West of the peculiar perniciousness of these weapons’ --John Ryle, Times Literary Supplement

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Pluto Pr (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745308597
• ISBN-13: 978-0745308593
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,405,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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