Aftermath: EFFECTS OF WAR

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Constable and Co Ltd, 1997Description: 279pISBN:
  • 0094773904 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: Documents the aftermath of war in terms of the 'landscapes of enduring terror and memory'; undetonated bombs and mines; the bones of war dead; the continuing danger of nuclear radiation and biological weaponry. Specific examples include the millions of acres of French farmland cordoned off because of World War I unexploded mines and bombs; the debris of destruction in the wake of Stalingrad; the radiation hazards of the US Nevada test site of the 50s; the psychological affects of the war on the Vietnamese; and the aftermath of sophisticated weaponry used in Kuwait.
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Documents the aftermath of war in terms of the 'landscapes of enduring terror and memory'; undetonated bombs and mines; the bones of war dead; the continuing danger of nuclear radiation and biological weaponry. Specific examples include the millions of acres of French farmland cordoned off because of World War I unexploded mines and bombs; the debris of destruction in the wake of Stalingrad; the radiation hazards of the US Nevada test site of the 50s; the psychological affects of the war on the Vietnamese; and the aftermath of sophisticated weaponry used in Kuwait.

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