This book, first published in 1978, analyses the development, uses and effects of conventional anti-personnel weapons such as rifles and machine guns, grenades, bombs, shells and mines. It provides the historical, military, technical and clinical background to the international legal discussions as part of the ongoing efforts to prohibit or restrict the uses of some of the more inhumane and indiscriminate of these weapons, the most successful being the 1997 Ottawa Treaty that banned the use of anti-personnel mines.
| ISBN: | 9780367623739 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 2021 |
| Author: | Sipri |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 334 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies |
| Genres: |
Peace studies and conflict resolution Politics and government |