Publications on Landmine Clearance

A list of Publications, either of GENERAL nature or of more TECHNICAL content (sensors), on the landmine problem.

Several Web Sites containing lists of PUBLICATIONS can also be found in the first section of the ExtendedRef page. Another interesting source of information are the conference proceedings - some are listed here, others at the Meetings page.

General

[CICR93]

"Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines", Montreux, April 1993, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva (CICR/ICRC, The Scientific Counselor, 19 Av Paix, CH-1202 Geneva)

[StateDep93]

" Hidden Killers: The Global Problem with Uncleared Landmines", US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of International Security Operations, July 1993, Dep. of State Publication 10098.

[PHR93]

"Landmines, A Deadly Legacy", Physicians for Human Rights, New-York, 1993, 510p, ISBN 1-56432-113-4

[Davies94]

"War of the Mines (Cambodia, Landmines and the Impoverishment of a Nation)", by Paul Davies with photographs by Nic Dunlop, Pluto Press, London, and Boulder, CO, USA, 1994, 172 pp., ISBN 0-7453-0859-7 hb.
Pictorially impressive, probably a "must" for anyone dealing with Cambodia and its landmine problem.

[StateDep94]

" Hidden Killers: The Global Landmine Crisis", US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of International Security and Peacekeeping Operations, December 1994, Dep. of State Publication 10225.

[Cahill95]

"Clearing the fields: solutions to the global land mines crisis", edited by Kevin M. Cahill, Basic Books, New York 1995, 237 pp., ISBN 0-465-01177-2.

[Jane95]

"Trends in Land Mine Warfare", Jane's Special Report, August 1995, 161 p (around 425 £).

[UN95]

"UN International Meeting on Mine Clearance", Geneva, July 1995 (Overview and background papers for the panels - document to be requested fron the UN Dept of Humanitarian Affairs, New-York, NY 10017)

[GAO95]

"Unexploded Ordnance: A Coordinated Approach to Detection and Clearance Is Needed", GAO/NSIAD-95-197 (US General Accounting Office), September 20th, 1995. E-mail info@www.gao.gov. More info on GAO from their page at http://www.gao.gov/

[UN96]

"Landmines: Demining News from the United Nations", quarterly UN newsletter. Contact the UN Dept of Humanitarian Affairs, Mine Clearance and Policy Unit, United Nations, S-3600, New York, NY 10017. Phone (212) 963-4635, Fax (212) 963-1312. On-line at http://www.un.org/Depts/Landmine/

[VVAF96?]

"Landmines Resources List", US Campaign To Ban Landmines, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. Available at http://www.vvaf.org/library/resource_list.html. Main page at http://www.vvaf.org/landmine/uscbl.htm

[HI97]

"Living with UXO, Final Report" (National Survey on the Socio-Economic Impact of UXO in Lao PDR 1997), UXO LAO and Handicap International, 148 pp., October 1997. Check with Handicap International online at http://www.creativem.com/handicap/ (Belgium).
For those who think that "only" landmines are a problem, or that have forgotten about Laos.

[UNIDIR97]

"The Elimination of Landmines", United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Special Issue # SI 3/97, ISSN 1012-4934, 88 pp. (english and french version), October 1997. Contact newsletter@unog.ch or download the full version (822 KB) from http://www.ei.jrc.it/landmines/publications/.
Includes a section on the European demining contributions, both practical and R&D oriented, and an interesting article by Tore Skedsmo (UN).

[Jane98a]

"Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics 1998-99", 19th ed, May/June 1998, Yearbook: ISBN 0 7106 1802 6 (around 235 £), 750pp; CD-ROM (Defence Equipment Library): ISBN 0 7106 1583 3 (around 650 £). Web page at http://www.janes.com/.

[Croll98]

"The History of Landmines", Mike Croll, published by Leo Cooper (an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, online at http://www.yorkshire-web.co.uk/ps/), Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, Great Britain, 1998, 164 pp., ISBN 0-85052-628-2.
Very interesting historic overview. A large number of military/historical references are listed at the end.

[HI98]

"The use of dogs for operations related to humanitarian mine clearance", (2nd quarter of) 1998, ISBN 2-909064-33-6, 229 pp. Presented at the 2nd International Expert Conf. on the Use of Modern Demining Technology at Karlsruhe (Germany), 1 July 1998, ed. by Chris Horwood, Bill Howell, Robert Keeley, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Richardier. Check with Handicap International online at http://www.handicap-international.org/ (France) and http://www.creativem.com/handicap/ (Belgium).
An excellent and well documented study, a must for everyone who wants to know more about DOGS.

[StateDep98]

" Hidden Killers: The Global Landmine Crisis", US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs, September 1998, Dep. of State Publication 10575. Request copies from theSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washnigton, D.C. 20401. Online version at http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/rpt_9809_demine_toc.html.
Global view, case studies, extended list of organizations and companies. Getting more realistic and more useful (personal opinion, CB).

[Jane98b]

"Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 1998-99", 3rd ed, Nov/Dec 1998, Yearbook: ISBN 0 7106 1803 4 (around 235 £), 650 pp; CD-ROM (Defence Equipment Library): ISBN 0 7106 1587 6 (around 650 £). Online subscription also possible. Web page at http://jmmc.janes.com/, internal sections seem available to online subscribers only.

[UN98a]

"International Standards for Humanitarian Mine Clearance Operations ". The latest version can be obtained from the Mine Clearance Policy Unit, DHA, United Nations, New York, NY 10017 USA. Tel. (212) 963-4632, Fax (212) 963-1040, or mail to cassidy@un.org.
(from the Overview)"... Other standards, such as those issued by the host nation are to be complied with provided they match or exceed those set out in these documents, otherwise, these international standards will apply. ... The standards provide a framework for the creation of Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs), which in turn should detail the manner in which specific mine clearance operations are conducted. ..."

[UN98b]

"Study Report: The Development of Indigenous Mine Action Capacities ", 76 pp. Prepared for the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs by Robert Eaton (Team Leader), Chris Horwood, Norah Niland. Lessons Learned Unit - Policy and Analysis Division, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY 10017 USA. Fax: (212) 963-1040. Online at http://www.reliefweb.int/dha_ol/pub/landmine/study/index.html.

[ProVictimis00]

"120 Million Landmines Deployed Worldwide: Fact or Fiction?", Ilaria Bottigliero for the Pro Victimis Foundation, published by Leo Cooper (an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, online at http://www.yorkshire-web.co.uk/ps/), Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, Great Britain, 2000, 123 pp., ISBN 0-85052-731-7.
(from the Executive Summary)"... Unfortunately, for a variety of technical, political and economic reasons, the most well known estimates of 110-120 million landmines deployed and 100 million stockpiled are, in all probability, gross exaggerations. This figure, seemingly based on considerations far distant from factual, credible evidence, likely does more harm than good. If it really should take 1,100 years to clear only the number of mines presently deployed at a cost of some US$ 33 billion, the task would be next to impossible and politicaly unfeasible.
Fortunately, on the basis of the results of over a decade of mine-clearance operations in the field, it appears that the landmine problem may not be as monumental and practically intractable as expected, but on the contrary, amenable to realistic, medium-term and affordable solutions. ..."

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Technical

[DRES80]

McFee J.E., Das Y., "The Detection of Buried Explosive Objects", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 6, no.2, Dec. 80, pp. 104-121.

[DRES91]

McFee J.E., Das Y., "Advances in the Location and Identification of Hidden Explosive Munitions", Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Report No. 548, Feb. 91, 83 pp.

[MineFacts CD-ROM]

"Mine Facts", a CD ROM-based encyclopedia of current world-wide mine technology, available from OASD (SO/LIC) Acquisition, 2500 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-2500. Tel. (703) 693-5222, Fax (703) 693-3039. Check online at http://www.demining.brtrc.com/catalog/cattrain3.htm. Also "Land Mines and Demining: Global Problem, Global Solution", available by writing to National Ground Intelligence Center, 220 7th Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

[FOA94]

"International Workshop of Technical Experts on Ordnance Recovery and Disposal in the Framework of International Demining Operations", Stockholm, June 1994, 44p (FOA, Dept of Weapons and Protection, S-17290 Stockholm)

[UN94]

Assistance in Mine Clearance, Report of the Secretary-General", A/49/357, Sept 94, 55p (UN Dept of Humanitarian Affairs, New-York, NY 10017)

[JPL95]

"Sensor Technology Assessment for Ordnance and Explosive Waste Detection and Location", JPL D-11367 rev B, March 1, 1995 - Document to be requested to Ms E. Moorthy, JPL, phone +1 818 397-7952 (fax 7121), E-mail: elizabeth.a.moorthy@jpl.nasa.gov, $32.40

[AV/MCM95]

"Autonomous Vehicles in Mine Counter-Measures Symposium", Monterey, April 1995, 690p ($50+, Undersee Warfare Group, Naval Postgr. School, USA Monterey, CA 93942. http://www.minwara.org/

[SPIE95]

"Detection Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets, SPIE Orlando Conference", April 1995 17-21, SPIE Volume 2496, ISBN 0-8194-1852-8, 1048pp ($134). Abstracts SPIE proc. 2496

[WAPM95]

"Workshop on Antipersonnel Mine Detection and Removal", Lausanne, June 1995, 74p (LAMI-EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, dubois@di.epfl.ch). Look also at http://www.fourmilab.ch/minerats/

[Nechaev95]

"Mine Blast Trauma (Experience from the war in Afghanistan)", E.A. Nechaev, A.I. Gritsanov, N.F. Fomin, I.P. Minnullin, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1995, 463 pp.. English version printed in Sweden, to be requested from Zvi G. Wirschubsky MD.,PH.D., Stockholm, Sweden. Tel. 46-8-258661 and 0708-485692, Fax 46-8-258665, E-mail zvi@medicallink.se or zviwir@swipnet.se.
This very specific document " is a medical and historical document about how the russian medical/military viewed the subject of mine blast trauma in the Afganisthan war ie. origins of mines, their traumas, treatment etc etc.". It will be most useful to military and/or medical people dealing with mine traumas.

[Hewish95]

"Mine-Detection Technologies", Mark Hewish and Leland Ness, Jane's Intl Defense Review, Volume 28 No10, October 1995, pp 40-45

[Sieber95]

"Intnl Workshop and Study on the state of knowledge on Localisation and Identification of Anti-Personnel Mines", ISPRA, November 94, Published in November 1995, 72p (A.Sieber, RSA-JRC, I-21020 Ispra, Fax +39 332 78-5469, E-mail alois.sieber@jrc.it). Available online - in .pdf format without images - at ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/esprit/docs/mineshop.pdf. See also http://www.ei.jrc.it/landmines/publications/.

[SPIE96]

"Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike targets, SPIE Orlando Conference", April 9-12, SPIE Volume 2765, ISBN 0-8194-2146-4, 568 pp. ($94) . Abstracts at http://www.spie.org/web/abstracts/2700/2765.html

[MCT96]

"Mine Clearance Technology Conference". Elsinore (DK) July 1996. Full report of the Copenhagen conference at http://www.un.org/Depts/dha/mct/

[DTIC96]

"The DTIC Review Volume 2 Number 1: Land Mine Detection and Clearance", August 1996. See reference at http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/review/index.html. [NOTE: single articles not directly available anymore online as from 7/1997]

[MIT96]

"Report on the Landmine Brainstorming Workshop of Aug. 25-30, 1996", Report #27, Program in Science and Technology for International Security, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1996. E-mail PSTIS@mit.edu (see http://mcnutt.mit.edu/). Available online at http://mcnutt.mit.edu/PSTIS/minereport/minereport.html

[GAO96]

"Mine Detection: Army's Detector Ability to Find Low Metal Mines Not Clearly Demonstrated", GAO/NSIAD-96-198 (US General Accounting Office), August 28th, 1996. E-mail info@www.gao.gov. More info on GAO from their page at http://www.gao.gov/

[MD96]

Detection of abandoned landmines, Edinburgh, 7-9 October. Proceedings IEE Publication #431, ISBN 0 85296 669 5, ISSN 0537-9989 - look for EUREL at http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/confernc/#1996. To order (sales@iee.org.uk): http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/ordering/ordering.html, price £45 / US$90 (!!).

[JSR96]

"New Technological Approaches to Humanitarian Demining", P. Horowitz (Ed.), JASON MITRE Report JSR-96-115, November 1996 (DARPA sponsored). Published by The MITRE Corporation, JASON Program Office, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102. Contact Bob Henderson (bobh@mitre.org) or Prof. Paul Horowitz (PAULH@huhepl.harvard.edu, horowitz@physics.harvard.edu).

[SPIE97]

"Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets II, SPIE-AeroSense, Orlando Technical conference #3079": Orlando 21-25 April 1997, SPIE Volume 3079, ISBN 0-8194-2494-3, 852pp. See also the Conference Program and Conference Abstracts on the SPIE Web site.

[DeTeC97]

C. Bruschini, B. Gros, "A Survey of Current Sensor Technology Research for the Detection of Landmines", SusDem'97, Zagreb (Croatia), 29 September-1 October 1997, pp. 6.18/6.27. Check especially the list of General References relative to Chapter 1.

[SusDem97-JMU98]

"Sustainable Humanitarian Demining: Trends, Techniques and Technologies" - Concepts and Issues Derived from the International Workshop on Sustainable Humanitarian Demining (SusDem'97), Zagreb (Croatia), 29 September-1 October 1997. Published by Mid Valley Press, Verona, VA, USA, December 1998, 344 pp. Available from HDIC at the James Madison University (http://www.hdic.jmu.edu/, E-mail hdic@jmu.edu).
Volume including rearranged and reviewed conference papers, as well as some additional contributions.

[Hewish97]

"Treading a fine line: mine detection and clearance", Mark Hewish and Rupert Pengelley, Jane's Intl Defense Review, Volume 30 No11, November 1997, pp 30-47

[SPIE98]

"Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets III, SPIE-AeroSense, Orlando Technical conference #3392": Orlando 13-17 April 1998. Web site at See also the Conference Program and Conference Abstracts on the SPIE Web site.

[MD98]

Second International Conference on the Detection of Abandoned Land Mines, Edinburgh, 12-14 October 1998. Detailed Web page starting from http://www.iee.org.uk/Conf/MD/. Proceedings IEE Publication 458, 300pp., 60 papers, ISBN 0 85296 711 X, ISSN 0537-9989, 1998 - http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/confernc/#1998. To order (sales@iee.org.uk): http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/ordering/ordering.html, price £61 / US$122 (!!!).

[ORDATA CD-ROM]

"International Deminers' Guide to UXO Identification, Recovery and Disposal". For info and Support: Naval EOD Technology Division, ATTN: Code 602, 2008 Stump Neck Road, Indian Head, MD 20640-5070, USA. Fax: (301) 743 6945.

[Baum98]

"Detection and Identification of Visually Obscured Targets", Carl E. Baum (Ed.), Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM. Taylor & Francis, Oct. 1998, 460 pp., ISBN 1-56032-533-X, US$ 79.95. Online information at http://www.tandfdc.com/Books/Engineering/detection.htm.

[JMU98-SusDem97]

"Sustainable Humanitarian Demining: Trends, Techniques and Technologies" - Concepts and Issues Derived from the International Workshop on Sustainable Humanitarian Demining (SusDem'97), Zagreb (Croatia), 29 September-1 October 1997. Published by Mid Valley Press, Verona, VA, USA, December 1998, 344 pp. Available from HDIC at the James Madison University (http://www.hdic.jmu.edu/, E-mail hdic@jmu.edu).
Volume including rearranged and reviewed conference papers, as well as some additional contributions.