num_pages: 238
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.
language: English
title: The Technology of Killing: A Military and Political History of Anti-Personnel Weapons
titlecomplete: The Technology of Killing: A Military and Political History of Anti-Personnel Weapons
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Zed Books