Sowing the Dragon's Teeth

by WINSLOW, PHILIP C.

• ISBN13: 9780807050057
• ISBN10: 0807050059
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Beacon Press

Summary

"Gives the statistics a painfully human face." -The Washington Post Book World Philip Winslow offers the most complete and compelling book on land mines-the issue brought to world attention with the awarding of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize to the Campaign to Ban Land Mines. He draws on his years as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa, and journeys into rural Angola, where he introduces us to the victims, the deminers, and the way land mines destroy economies and infrastructures. He also writes about the Campaign to Ban Land Mines and the ways we might finally pull the "dragon's teeth" from the earth, to restore it to those who live there. "Winslow's fine book puts names and faces to the victims and begs us to beware. Only such harrowing testimony and eloquent pleading will rid us of this scourge." -William F. Schulz, executive director, Amnesty International "Winslow's moving and powerful book shows why some weapons are so insidious that they do not belong in the arsenals of civilized nations. A land mine is such a weapon. It should be banished from the earth." -U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy "Makes a strong case that such a ban-championed by the late Princess Diana-is a necessity." -Boston Herald "A thoughtful, sometimes harrowing portrait." -Utne Reader

Author Biography

Philip C. Winslow has worked as a foreign correspondent for numerous news organizations, including the Christian Science Monitor, the Toronto Star, Macleans, and CTV News. He lives in Boston and London.

Table of Contents

Author's Note: The Worst War in the World
Introduction	p. 1
"No One Knows Where the Mines Are Buried"	p. 7
Chisola	p. 21
The Road to Canage	p. 30
Mutilados	p. 42
"Mines Are Not My Problem"	p. 56
Turner, Priestley, and Rice	p. 69
Under Siege	p. 81
Why Does It Take So Long?	p. 91
A Museum of Crutches	p. 105
Luckiest Survivor in the World	p. 112
"Not War, but Murder"	p. 126
The Campaign to Ban Mines	p. 138
"All I Want to Do Is Drive a Truck"	p. 149
Epilogue	p. 159
Map of Angola	p. 162
Notes	p. 163
Acknowledgments	p. 166
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