Landmines and Human Security (Suny Series in Global Politics (Hardcover))
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0791463095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.. 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)
Well Written and Enlightening Bomb Man58 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 L
Rutherford is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southwest Missouri State University and cofounder of the Landmine Survivors Network.. Richard A. Matthew is Associate Professor of International and Environmental Politics and Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California at Irvine.Bryan McDonald is Assistant Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California at Irvine.Kenneth
"There are important lessons to be learned, and Landmines and Human Security gives us the tools to apply these lessons as we move forward, both to universalize the Ottawa Treaty and to meet other challenges in today's dangerous and complex world."