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The Development of Mine Warfare - A Most Murderous and Barbarous Conduct (Hardcover)
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The Development of Mine Warfare - A Most Murderous and Barbarous Conduct (Hardcover)
Series: War, Technology, and History
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In 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. As of mid-2005, 145 states had signed the
agreement. The ICBL's efforts were in large part a response to the
careless use of landmines in the previous fifty years. The history
of mine use in warfare, however, goes back much further than the
World Wars of the 20th century and includes both land and sea use.
This first comprehensive study traces the technical, tactical, and
ethical developments of mine warfare, from ancient times to the
present. Beginning with mine warfare's roots in ancient Assyria and
China, Youngblood takes the reader through the centuries of debate
about how these hidden weapons should be used. A look at
19th-century developments explores the intertwined development of
land and sea mines and the inventors behind them, including Robert
Fulton, Samuel Colt, and Immanuel Nobel, father of Alfred Nobel.
Subsequent chapters examine the use of mines in the American Civil
War, the Russo-Japanese War, both World Wars, and the battlefields
of the Cold War, and chart key battles and technical innovations,
such as the development of air-delivered munitions. Finally, the
author addresses the ethical concerns raised by the careless
mining, namely the impact on civilians and the difficulties of
de-mining, and the treaties that regulate landmine use.
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