The development of mine warfare
Subtitle: a most murderous and barbarous conduct
Series: War, Technology, and History
Publisher: Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth; Praeger
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Connecticut
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780275984199
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Weapons & equipment; History; History - Military / War; Military; Military - General; History / Military / Strategy; Military - Naval; Military - Strategy; Land mines; Mines (Military explosives); Submarine mines
Notes: "Beginning with the roots of mine usage in ancient China and Assyria, the author explores the technological advances in land mine development, emphasizing from the 18th to the 20th centuries, as well as the age old debate on the uses of such weapons. Land, as well as sea mine usage are described in different wars."