Number	15539
Subject	Military
Source	Dissent Magazine
State	None
Year	1998
Publication Date	Fall 1998
Summary	Antipersonnel land mines epitomize the vulnerability and risk experienced by many inhabitants of the late modern world. The product of extraordinary scientific ingenuity and scrupulousness, conceived as an inexpensive and efficient means of controlling territory and constricting the movement of military forces, these agents of destruction are deeply embedded in the geo-political terrain.
Category	General
Pages	6
Keywords	land mines;war;amputation
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