Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Land Mines and the Global Legacy of War.(Review)

From: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Land Mines and the Global Legacy of War By Philip C. Winslow Beacon Press, 1997 167 pages; $21.00

The timing could hardly be better for the appearance of Philip Winslow's compelling book on the land mine tragedy in the West African nation of Angola. The awarding of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, jointly with its Vermont-based coordinator Jody Williams, has elevated recognition of the issue among the American public. Because there are no land mines on U.S. soil, Americans do not have direct experience with ...

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