Booby traps!
Subtitle: the history of deadly devices from World War I to Vietnam
By: Ian Jones
Contributors: Jones, Ian, 1954-
Edition: First paperback edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781510709607
Subjects: Mines (Military explosives); Booby traps; History
Notes: Previously published in 2004 entitled: Malice aforethought.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a savage practical joke; title: Part One. World War One. Motivation and methods; title: The devil's onwn game; title: Dealing with booby traps.; title: Part Two. World War Two. Designers and devices; title: The North African Campaign; title: The Italian Campaign; title: Sabotage; title: The liberation of North-West Europe; title: The war against Japan.; title: Part Three. Post World War II. Government surplus; title: Vietnam; title: Postscript.