Research Guides: Minefield, The: Critical Articles

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"Silent sentries: an effective means of defense or of rendering territory impassable, land mines have always had one major drawback: they kill indiscriminately" by Jack H. McCall
The history of land mines in warfare, detection methods, and current issues dealing with identifying and clearing minefields in battle zones and post-conflict territories.
"First line of defence for communities: teaching about mine risks" by Tpbias Kuhlmann
When Liz Bernstein was working in the late 1980s in the refugee camps in the border region between Thailand and Cambodia, she saw that people who went out to collect firewood often returned severely injured or did not come back alive. These were the effects of landmines-weapons whose cruel function is such that they cannot be seen until they explode. Since then, Ms. Bernstein and many others around the world have taken up the fight against landmines. Some 15 years later, this horror is still present; however, as of September 2004, 143 countries had formally committed themselves to eradicate it.
"Ten million tragedies, one step at a time" by Jim Wurst
Land mines left in the ground long after a war is finished often are set off by local residents, who then are wounded or killed. The countries that planted the land mines should be responsible for removing them, but few are ever removed or marked. Manufacture and trade should be greatly regulated.

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