Sowing the dragon's teeth : land mines and the global legacy of war / Philip C. Winslow.
Sowing the dragon's teeth : land mines and the global legacy of war / Philip C. Winslow.
Sowing the dragon's teeth : land mines and the global legacy of war / Philip C. Winslow.
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Boston : Beacon Press, c1997.
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N909.82/147
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English
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Physical content
xi, 167 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
Author's Note: The Worst War in the World -- i. "No One Knows Where the Mines Are Buried" -- ii. Chisola -- iii. The Road to Canage -- iv. Mutilados -- v. "Mines Are Not My Problem" -- vi. Turner, Priestley, and Rice -- vii. Under Siege -- viii. Why Does It Take So Long? -- ix. A Museum of Crutches...
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Boston : Beacon Press, c1997.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Each year an estimated twenty-six thousand people are killed or maimed by land mines - more than 100 million of them sown like the mythical dragon's teeth in over seventy countries. These weapons are designed to maim soldiers, but instead, most victims are civilians, especially the rural poor. Antipersonnel land mines represent an expensive legacy...
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Sowing the dragon's teeth : land mines and the global legacy of war / Philip C. Winslow.
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"Published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations"--Verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165).
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c1997.
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N909.82/147
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74VvPXyGwVZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPXyGwVZg
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0807050040 (cloth)
9780807050040 (cloth)
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909.82
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991005601589702626
