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Taming the landmine
- Title
- Taming the landmine / Peter Stiff.
- Author
- Stiff, Peter.
- Publication
- Alberton, RSA : Galago, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | UG446.5 .S693 1986q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations; 33 cm
- Summary
- This book depicts the historical developments of landmines as from 1914, and anti-landmine measures, especially armoured vehicles. It focuses on the war for Zimbabwe and the South African/Namibian war.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Ill. on lining papers.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 128.
- Contents
- 1914: the escalation of response -- Before and during World War-2 -- Waiting for World War-3 -- Rhodesia: the escalating bush war -- Rhodesian war: the Monocoque vehicle -- Rhodesian war: the Pookie -- Rhodesian war: specialist Army vehicles -- Rhodesian war: anti-ambush devices -- South Africa and South West Africa: the terrorist landmine -- South Africa: the Buffel -- The Casspir -- South Africa: mid 1980s and the future.
- ISBN
- 0947020047
- 9780947020040
- LCCN
- 87136905
- OCLC
- ocm16867891
- 16867891
- SCSB-1192553
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library