Editorial Review:

An impressive array of activists, scholars, government officials, journalists, and landmine victims themselves are gathered here to tell the dramatic and inspiring story of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Organized in the early 1990s, the ICBL is a network of more than one thousand nongovernmental organizations worldwide, working for a global ban on landmines. It was an important force behind the treaty to ban antipersonnel landmines that was signed in Ottawa in 1997, and which led to its being awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, along with its coordinator.

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Well Written and Enlightening:

Editors Richard Matthew, Bryan McDonald and Kenneth Rutherford have assembled an interesting series of articles on the enduring legacy of anti-personnel landmines. Human security is an increasing concern in today's world and landmines have a major affect on human security.
Forewords from some prominent people in the world, such as: HM Queen Noor, Sir Paul McCartney, the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy and US Senator Patrick Leahy, lead the reader into Part I, which looks at the global landmine problem. Part... more info

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