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Introduction to Landmines

In the early 1990s, humanitarian organizations including Human Rights Watch. Physicians for Human Rights and the International Committee of the Red Cross, published some of the first in-depth country studies on the landmine issue. During the same period, sevaral articles by prominent officials and experts, along wirh reports of conference preceedings, helped increase awareness in the international community. The publications listed in "Introduction to Landmines" are focused on the development and history of landmines, the impact of their use, and are designed to provide readers with a good introductory background on the movement to ban them.
Landmines in El Salvador and Nicaragua: The Civilian Victims Landmines in El Salvador and Nicaragua: The Civilian Victims	Landmines in Cambodia: The Coward's War. Landmines in Cambodia: The Coward's War.	Landmines: A Deadly Legacy Landmines: A Deadly Legacy
Landmines: Legacy of Conflict Landmines: Legacy of Conflict	The Land Mine Crisis: A Humanitarian Disaster The Land Mine Crisis: A Humanitarian Disaster	War of the Mines: Cambodia, Landmines and the Impoverishment of a Nation War of the Mines: Cambodia, Landmines and the Impoverishment of a Nation
After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines	Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis	Deaths and injuries caused by landmines in Mozambique Deaths and injuries caused by landmines in Mozambique
The Technology of Killing: A Military and Political History of Antipersonnel Weapons The Technology of Killing: A Military and Political History of Antipersonnel Weapons	Aftermath: The Remnants of War Aftermath: The Remnants of War	Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize speech Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize speech
Rae McGrath (for ICBL), 1997 Nobel Peace Prize speech Rae McGrath (for ICBL), 1997 Nobel Peace Prize speech	Banning anti-personnel mines: the Ottawa treaty explained Banning anti-personnel mines: the Ottawa treaty explained	The History of Landmines The History of Landmines

In the early 1990s, humanitarian organizations including Human Rights Watch. Physicians for Human Rights and the International Committee of the Red Cross, published some of the first in-depth country studies on the landmine issue. During the same period, sevaral articles by prominent officials and experts, along wirh reports of conference preceedings, helped increase awareness in the international community. The publications listed in "Introduction to Landmines" are focused on the development and history of landmines, the impact of their use, and are designed to provide readers with a good introductory background on the movement to ban them.