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SCREEN EDUCATION 2

They(the US)droppedthe bombs.

They dontbelong tous and Iwant themto takethem back.

- Lao child

Introduction

During the Vietnam War, more

than two million tonnes o

bombs were dropped on Laos.

This exceeds the number o

bombs dropped by all the Allied

orces during World War Two.

With a population o only three

million, there was almost hal

a tonne o bombs dropped orevery man, woman and child

living in Laos. The country

endured nine years o this heavy

and relentless bombardment,

with the US dropping a

planeload o bombs every eight

minutes, day and night, rom

1964 to 1973. About a third

o the population was killed,

injured or rendered homeless

by the air war. The statistics arehorriying 580,000 bombing

missions in nine years, with one

mission, one B52, equating to

more than one hundred bombs.

From this background, it is all

too clear that Laos deserves

the terrible title o the most

heavily bombed country on

the ace o the planet. But

as Kim Mordaunts harrowing

documentary Bomb Harvest

reveals, the horror and suering

did not come to an end with the

departure o the B52s. Thirty

percent o the bombs ailed to

explode on impact and remain

alive and deadly today. In

excess o 13,000 people have

been killed or injured by this

lethal detritus since the end o

the war, and people continue

to die on a weekly basis romexplosions.

Bomb Harvestcritically

examines the ar-reaching

consequences o oreign

policy decisions rom another

era. Bombs litter the Lao

landscape and have made it

all but impossible to arm in

some areas. It would seem

the poor o Laos are let withtwo unpalatable choices: hunt

or ood in the jungle or hunt

or metal to sell. Many o the

villagers pick and scrape at their

land, harvesting the new cash

crop o scrap metal and eeding

the dangerous industry o bomb

scrap dealers.

At the heart o Bomb Harvest

is Australian Laith Stevens, an

Explosive Ordnance Disposal


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SCREEN EDUCATION 3

(EOD) Technician teaching at the

National Unexploded Ordnance

Training Centre in Laos. With

his warmth and good humour,

Laith provides an engaging

ocal point or this story. Heworks or MAG (Mines Advisory

Group) and has to contend with

the act that there are simply

not enough trained people to

remove all o the bombs in this

scarred and damaged country.

These are complex structures,

with a huge variety o uses

and mechanisms, and as Laith

acknowledges, every situation

is dierent: The students want

exact answers but this is not an

exact science, theres a lot o

grey area.

It quickly becomes apparent

that these bombs pose daily

risks. In Savannakhet Province,

we see a huge unexploded

bomb, containing eighty-seven

kilos o high explosives, partly

submerged in a rice paddybehind a school, curious

children milling about. Later

another is ound in the middle

o the dirt track the children

travel to and rom school. There

are twenty-ve houses in

the vicinity, as well as the

electricity substation.

Laith says in his dry,

laconic way, they

must get it out

or the people

will just

build the road over it.

The bombs that litter this

poor but beautiul country

are a potent symbol or the

enduring ater-eects o war:

thirty-ve years since the end

o the confict, a generation

who werent even alive at the

time must risk their lives to

deal with the deadly legacy

o unexploded ordnance let

behind. Their story deserves to

be heard.

Curriculum Links

Bomb Harvestis an important

lm on a terrible topic. It

highlights issues concerning

international and global

responsibilities between rst

and third worlds, and providesinsight into the dreadul legacies

o war. With extended ootage

o disposal crews working on

live bombs, it is a tense and

exciting viewing experience;

students should nd it both

gripping and thought-provoking.

Laith Stevens, the lms

central character, is inspiring

and charismatic in a low key,

sel-deprecating way, and he

provides a terric point o entryinto this complex subject.

The ollowing discussion points

and activity suggestions are

aimed at middle to senior

secondary Media Studies,

Studies o Society and

the Environment, History,

International and Asian Studies.

Teachers are encouraged to

select and adapt activitiesaccording to their teaching

contexts, and the particular

needs o their students and

relevant curriculum areas. The

study guide concludes with

a list o resources. Teachers

are advised to check out web

sites prior to student research

sessions some contain

graphic, disturbing photos o

bomb victims.


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o Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN).

Describethevarious

landscapes depicted in

the lm. Note in particular

contrasts between jungle areas

and those clearly decimated

by air strikes. What aspects

o the physical terrain make it

particularly dicult to locate

and remove the bombs?

TheLaopeopleweseeinthe

lm are much more than just

victims o war. Discuss.

Makealistoftheproblems

conronting a district such as

Ta Oi. (Consider issues other

than the bombs and their

obvious consequences: or

instance, poverty; inadequatehousing; poor medical

assistance; and dirty water.)

Whatarethegoalsofthe

United Nations or Laos? (see

http://www.unlao.org) What

impact do UXO have on these

goals?

history, religion, ethnic and

language groups. Students

present their ndings to the

class.

Investigatethehistoryof

relations between Australia

and Laos.

InBomb Harvest, we see

ootage o children collecting

bombies or the scrap metaldealers. They can get ten

cents or a bombie. Using the

Internet or your school library

resources, what can you nd

out about living standards in

Laos and average incomes?

What actors account or the

poverty o this country?

Laossmainexportis

coee; there has also beeninvolvement in the illegal

opium trade or heroin. What

can you discover about

industry in Laos? Explore the

proposed hydroelectric station

and investment rom Thailand.

InvestigatetheAssociation

DISCUSSION

POINTS & ACTIVITY

SUGGESTIONS

Lao: The Scars o War

Capital:Vientiane

Ofcial Language: Lao

Population: approximately six

million (as o July 2007)

National Anthem: Pheng Sat

Currency: Kip

Government: Lao Peoples

Revolutionary Party (LPRP)

The ten countries o Southeast

Asia: Brunei, Cambodia,

Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,

Myanmar (Burma), the

Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand

and Vietnam. The three

countries in Southeast Asia

that make up Indochina are

Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The Laos population consists

o over ty ethnic groups,

roughly alling into three broad

categories: Lao Loum; Lao

Theung; and Lao Sung.

Laos is the poorest country

in Southeast Asia, with basic

transport and ew paved roads.

Since 1975, the ocial name

o the country is Lao PDR (LaoPeoples Democratic Republic)

but it is still widely reerred to

around the world as Laos. It is

pronounced Lao or Louse.

Dividetheclassintosmall

groups to conduct research

into Laos in order to build

up background context or

the lm. Topic areas couldinclude: population, land,

climate, economy, politics,


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SCREEN EDUCATION 5

History:investigatethe

Geneva Accords o May-

July 1954 conrming Laoss

independence.

A Secret War, A Dirty War

The war in Laos was in eect

a clandestine operation, with

very little inormation seeping

back into the West. There

were rules o engagement or

Vietnam and Cambodia (or

example, no bombing within

hal a kilometre o a temple or

hospital), but in Laos these rules

were not observed. The Hague

Convention, ratied by the US,prohibits the bombardment

o civilian populations in

undeended villages, but this

was disregarded. In 1962

the Geneva Accord orbade

the presence o any oreign

military in Laos. Fourteen

nations signed this agreement,

including the US and North

Vietnam, both o whom broke it.

US operations in Laos involved

indiscriminate carpet bombing,

conducted without the approval

o Congress or the knowledge

o the American people. Laos

was also used as a dumping

ground or bombs, with pilots

on instruction not to return

back to base in Thailand rom

bombing missions in Vietnam

with undelivered bombs.

Oneofthekeyfactorsbehind

the Wests involvement in the

Vietnam War was the ear o

the so-called Domino Eect in

Southeast Asia. What was this

theory?

WhatdoesLaithsayabout

the Domino Eect now?

InvestigatetheSoutheastAsia

Collective Deence Treaty,

signed in September 1954

by the US and designed

to prevent Communist

expansion in Southeast Asia.

WhywasLaosbombed

so heavily? (Primarily to

cut o supply lines or the

North Vietnamese which ran

through Laos, and also to

stop the growing Communist

movement in Laos.)

WhatwastheHoChiMinh

Trail used or during the

Vietnam War?

TheUSaimwastoensurea

neutral Laos. How did this

actually play out?

WhywastheUSsmassive

bombing campaign in Laos

known as The Secret War?

Weseearchivalfootageof

then President Richard Nixon

in 1969 stating categorically:

There are no American troops

in Laos. How might he have

justied such a bold-aced

lie? Is it ever acceptable

or a politician to lie? What

might have happened had the

American public been aware

o the bombardment o Laos

at the time?

Whatisabombardment

war? Laith notes that

because o the nature o the

confict, the people never

got to see the enemy. What

eect might this have had on

the villagers enduring nine

long years o bombing?

Imagineyouwereavillager

at this time. Write a diary

account o your experiences.

Itsnotoverwhenitsover.The worst o war comes ater

cease-re. Discuss.



BomB HarvestImagineyouareaB52pilot

visiting Ta Oi in 2007 and

observing the devastating

ater-eects o the war. Write

a letter to the village chie.

MrPomisninety-sixyears

old. During the air war, he

lost his wie, his brother, his

children everybody. Time

has bowed him and he stoops

towards the ground, shufing

away rom his village. He

says that during the war

there was nowhere to hide,

not even a cave. Observing

the trainee bomb demolition

crews, he says, They came

back to disturb us again. The

evacuations are very painul

or the older people, inducing

fashbacks and intensely

traumatic memories. Write an

account o the war rom Mr

Poms perspective, using the

inormation about his back-

ground provided by the lm.

WeseefootageofB52

pilots praying: Our gracious

heavenly Father, we give

thee thanks or the ability to

be used as thy servants to

seek reedom or the world as

we know it. Guide us in this

our mission that we might

successully complete not

only this but other activities

in lie. These and other things

we ask in thy name. How

does this prayer sound orty

years on, given what we

now know o the mission

to decimate Laos? What isactually meant by the world

as we know it?

Bomb Harvest: Looking

Closely At The Film

Encourage students to take

notes during the screening and

to jot down their impressions

and any questions or issues that

might require clarication.

Discussthepre-credit

sequence. Consider the

ollowing points: the

lmmakers have deliberately

chosen to open their lm

with a shot o children

and the outline o a bomb;

we see shots o eet near

bombs; and the lms title

is set against a slow motion

explosion in the jungle, with

debris raining down as the

ground shakes. Discuss the

thematic signicance o these

opening moments and the

ways in which they gesturetowards the lms overriding

preoccupations. Note:

children account or roughly

hal the deaths in Laos rom

unexploded ordnance (UXO)

and they gure prominently

throughout the lm.

Considerthemusicusedin

the lm and the ways in which

it contributes to the mood.What qualities might the

lmmakers have been looking

or in the score?

Whymightthelmmakers



BomB Harvesthave wanted to make this

lm? In what ways might

increased awareness o the

situation in Laos help the Lao

people?

Atitleattheendofthelm

tells us that the scenes

o children handling and

examining bombs are

dramatic re-enactments

with sae bombs. What sort

o ethical issues arise rom

the use o re-enactments in

documentaries?

Thelmcrewhad

unprecedented access tothe bomb disposal teams

and spent eight weeks in the

eld shooting. All the bombs

dealt with by the teams are

live. How might

the lmmakers

have decided

what ootage to

use in the nal

lm? Given

the nature o

the work and

the trainees

lack o

experience,

the lmmakers probably

discussed the possibility

that they might lm a

demolition that resulted in

trainee casualties or even

atalities. Discuss the ethicso incorporating such ootage

into a lm like this.

WeseeseveralvillagersinTa

Oi who have lost limbs to the

bombs, and two men speak

o their experiences and the

horric injuries they sustained.

There is one graphic

photograph o a dead child,

mutilated by a bomb, but

overall the lm is restrained

in this regard. How might the

lmmakers have negotiated

the nal tone o their lm? Is

the possibility o exploitation

an inevitable issue with lms

that deal with such shocking

and disturbing topics? How

does Bomb Harvestavoid

exploiting the plight o the

poor Lao villagers?

Whatprecautionsmight

the lm crew have needed

to take to shoot the bomb

detonations?

Whatsortof

challenges and

diculties might

have conronted

the lm crew

during their shoot

in Ta Oi? Consider

the ollowing: Ta

Oi is an extremely

remote area, ve

hours drive rom the

closest small town

and two days drive rom the

Lao capital, Vientiane. The

roads are rough, and there is

very basic accommodation,

with no phones, no mobile

phone access, no resh

drinking water, limited ood

supplies, and unreliable

electricity. No Western lm

crew had ever been into that

region beore. The villagers

speak a dierent dialect rom

Lao, and there are no Ta Oi

speakers who also speak

English. It was also very hot

and malaria season!

Thelmusesarchivalfootage

to good eect, particularly

audio o US pilots refecting

on their experiences and

shots o the land under

bombardment. Interview

material and dramatic

re-enactments also eature.

Make a list o all the dierent

types o material used in the

lm.

Designapostertopromote

the lm. Annotate your design

choices.

Writeaftywordsynopsisof

the lm.

Writeareviewofthelmfora

daily national newspaper.

Compileaclasslistofother

possible titles or this lm.What associations does the

phrase bomb harvest evoke?

Thelmsclosingsequence

centres on the Rocket

Festival. Why might the

lmmakers have chosen

to use this sequence to

close the lm? Consider

the ways in which these

scenes rearm traditionallie in Laos. It is a estival o

hope or uture prosperity.

Everyone looks to the smoke-

lled skies, and with each

big bang, Laith finches (an

occupational hazard?). He

jokes that theyre trying to

shoot the American planes,

only orty years too late. The

last shots are o childrens

pictures depicting the bombs

presence in their daily lives.



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Bombsare notmade to bedismantled.You mustthink. A

mistakemeans yourlife.

- Trainee Souvanh

them? (He acts the clown,

making art jokes, etc)

Laithisahero.Discuss.

InwhatwaysmightLaith

be considered a particularly

Australian character?

HowhasLaithsattitudeto

war changed? (He says that

as a young soldier he was

champing at the bit to go.

Now, seeing the mess let

behind and dealing with the

attempts to clean up, hes not

so keen to jump in.)

Over the closing credits we

see children playing in the

water, with the sinister shape

o a bomb sticking up rom

the waterline in the oreground

o the image. This provides ahideous contrast o childish

un and innocence with the

imminent threat o death and

mutilation.

Laith Stevens:

Better Than Brad Pitt

Itsalongwayfromthe

beaches o the New South

Wales Central Coast to the

bombs and leeches o theLao jungle. Make a list o ten

adjectives to describe Laith.

Now write a character prole

o him.

Whatpersonaland

proessional qualities make

Laith good at his job?

(Consider or instance the

ways in which he repeatedly

plays down the drama anddanger o the situations he is

involved in and uses humour

to lighten the atmosphere. As

his trainees roll a bomb down

a rocky slope and it gets

away rom them he calls out

This isnt such a bloody good

idea. He is also approachable

and sel-deprecating I

have a ace like a dogs

arse. and he makes an

eort to establish rapport

with the villagers. We see

children laughing delightedly

as Laith entertains them with

his version o traditional Lao

dance.)

Laithisveryawarethatthe

trainees oten ail to voice

their concerns because they

dont want to lose ace. Whatdoes he do to try to relax Laith Stevens examines a bomb



BomB HarvestBang! Bomb Disposal

Training

Thetrainingprogramwe

see in the lm is organized

by UXO Lao, established in

association with the UNDP

(United Nations Development

Program), which coordinates

all UXO-related activities in

Laos. Laith is employed by

MAG (Mines Advisory Group),

an international humanitarian

organization established in

the UK in 1989 and unded by

donation. MAG has worked

in around thirty-ve confict

aected areas in the world,

and was awarded the Nobel

Peace Prize in 1997 or

work with the International

Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Visit http://www.mag.org.uk

to nd out more about this

organization.

WhatistheBigBomb

Project?

Laithwastrainedasan

engineer in the Australian

Army. In what ways might his

training have diered rom

that o the Lao people we see

him working with?

Whatarethethreemain

options in dealing with a livebomb? [i) destroy it on the

spot; ii) destroy it elsewhere;

and iii) destroy it on the

demolition range]

Laithpraiseshisinterpreter,

Linthong Syphavong, and the

two men obviously have a

warm relationship. Why is a

good interpreter so crucial to

Laiths work?

Thetwointerpreters,Linthong

Syphavong and Phonesai

Silavan (Bob), share a similar

background. What is this and

how might it contribute to

their success in this particular

eld? (They were both

monks.)

Laith,MikeRowlayfromMAG

and the Lao trainees set o

to the remote region o Ta

Oi where they will complete

their training. The aim is to

remove sixty-nine bombs in

our weeks. Laith says that or

the trainees they will be out

o their comort zone. Why?

Tell him to go easy with that pick, mateIm not scared, I just dont want to f******die. Laith Stevens



BomB Harvest(The villagers o remote Ta Oi

speak dierent dialects and

represent dierent minority

groups with dierent belie

systems.)

WhydidLaithandMike

choose Ta Oi or the practical

component o the course?

(It is where the Ho Chi Minh

Trail crosses into Vietnam and

because o its proximity to the

border it is absolutely littered

with bombs.)

Whoisultimatelyresponsible

or the removal o these

bombs? Should the USgovernment bear some

moral, nancial and legal

responsibility?

Whatsortsofinjurieshave

been sustained by some o

the Ta Oi villagers? (Many

have lost limbs. One man

was trying to grow rice when

a bomb went o. He says, I

cant even describe the painI was in. Villagers had to

carry him a days walk to nd

medical help.) Describe the

prosthetic limbs villagers have

ashioned.

Bombiesweredesignedto

maim rather than to kill, the

logic being that maimed

soldiers and civilians are more

debilitating to the enemy than

dead ones. Cluster bombs

are still used today and a

study has ound that 98%

o casualties rom them are

civilians. What are the eatures

o a cluster bomb? What

eorts are being made to bantheir use?

What is meant by the statement

that cluster bombs are

indiscriminate?

Inwhatwaysarecluster

bombs similar in impact to

landmines?

Whatpercentageoflandin

Laos is at risk rom UXO?(See http://www.uxolao.org

or accurate gures on these

and related issues.)

Makealistofoccupations

that require people to conront

ear and danger. What

methods and procedures

might be used to help people

deal with their ears in such

risky work?

Whatdoesitmeantohave

heightened senses? Have

you ever experienced a

moment like that?

Laithspeaksofthepost-

demolition rush. What doesthis mean? What do the

trainees do to unwind?

ChanthavoneInthasoneis

the only emale EOD teacher.

What particular diculties

might she ace? Describe the

culture o the EOD.

Morebombsequalmorebeer.

What role does alcohol play in

this culture?

Laithsaysherisksbeing

vapourized into a pink

mist and that waking up to

another day o bomb disposal

can be a bit daunting. But

or all the inherent dangers o

his work, he experiences less

stress than he would sitting at

a desk in an oce in Sydney.

(He also notes that there areenough bombs in Laos to

keep him busy or the rest o

his lie.) Why might a person

like Laith nd a desk job

stressul? Is conronting death

the most stressul experience

you can imagine?

TraineeDouangchaisays

that six people were selected

rom each province to be

considered or training in

bomb disposal. Three people



BomB Harvestpassed and three ailed. What

qualities might the selectors

have been looking or?

Laithwatchesthedifculties

Douangchai aces trying

to evacuate the village. He

meets with resistance rom

the elderly, the sick and the

drunk. Laith notes, Some

things you cant teach: the

trainees need lie experience

to be eective. Douangchai

is clearly trying very hard

but he is not a strong leader.

Why? (He lacks condence, is

not decisive, is not ready or

responsibility, and does not

have the trust o the villagers

and his team.)

UnlikeDouangchai,Pina

is what Laith calls a

switched-on dude. He

doesnt get fustered, he

is condent and has good

rapport with his team. He is

also a good listener. Laith is

sure he will make a good team

leader. Devise a Compare and

Contrast Character Chart or

the two trainees, highlighting

their dierences and what we

learn o them rom the lm.

EarlyonintheirtimeinTa

Oi, Laith realizes there are

too many obstacles in their

way: they will not be able to

meet their original goal o

removing sixty-nine bombs.

What diculties do they ace?

(For instance: dicult terrain;

dicult local customs to

accommodate e.g. on the

day o a uneral, nothing other

than the body is allowed to

be carried, so they must drag

the bomb they are working

on, which increases the risk;

dicult weather; diculties

dealing with the villagers;

trainee inexperience; and

incorrect maps.)

Whywillthewetseason

cause a six month delay?

How might the technicians

prioritize which bombs need

to be removed most urgently?

Bombscraptradingisillegal,

but one large bomb equatesto ood or two to three

months or an entire amily.

As Laith says, Were ghting

a losing battle to discourage

the children rom hunting or

bombs. He notes the villagers

have mixed eelings at the

removal o a bomb. Why?

(The bomb represents terrible

danger, but also a source o

potential income.)



BomB HarvestPaying

Attention: Film

Comprehension

Questions

1. What did Mr Chualing,

Village Chie in Ta Oi, do

during the war?

2. What is distinctive about the

Ta Oi village houses?

3. What is a bombie and

how many o them were

contained in one dispenser?

4. Why does Laith say bombies

are particularly dangerousor children?

5. Laith has two brothers. What

do they do?

6. How is bomb disposal work

regarded by the Lao people?

7. What oods do we see Laith

being oered?

8. The aim is to remove sixty-

nine bombs rom Ta Oi. Howmany do they get out?

9. What is a cracker barrel?

10. What is the purpose o the

Rocket Festival?

Answers

1. He was a medic.

2. Their stilts are made rom

bombie dispenser hulls.

3. A bombie is a type o cluster

munition, basically a mass

o ball bearings around a

hunk o explosive. There

were three to our hundred

bombies in a dispenser; as

Mike says, with bombies, itheres one, therell be more.

4. They look like pieces ruit or

balls and children are oten

tempted to pick them up and

play with them.

5. They are all bomb disposal

technicians!

6. It is a respected career

choice.

7. fying squirrel, lizard and rat

8. They nally manage to

remove orty-three bombs.

9. It is a procedure in bomb

disposal designed to shear

o a live use.

10. The Rocket Festival asks thegods or rain or the planting

season.

Characters

Laith Stevens, Explosive

Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

Technician, Mines Advisory

Group (MAG)

Mike Rowlay, Explosive

Ordnance Disposal (EOD)Technician, Mines Advisory

Group (MAG)

Linthong Syphavong, Laiths

interpreter

Phonsai Silavan (Bob), Mikes

interpreter

Chanthavone Inthasone, emale

EOD teacher

Mr Chualing, Village Chie in Ta OiTrainees: Souvanh

Douangchai

Pina

Mr Pom, elderly Ta Oi villager



BomB HarvestRESOURCES

Web Sites:

Background Inormation on

Laos

http://www.lcweb2.loc.gov/rd/

cs/latoc.html

Library o Congress Country

Studies

http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/

hi/world/asia-pacic/country_

proles/1154621.stm

Country Prole

http://www.cia.gov/library/

publications/the-world-

actbook/geos/la.html

CIA The World Factbook

http://www.home.vicnet.

au/~lao/laoVL.html

Laos WWW Virtual Library

http://www.aseansec.org

Association o Southeast Asian

Nations (ASEAN)

http://www.jhai.org

Jhai Foundation (works with Lao

villagers on education, health,

technology and economic

development issues)

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la

Vientiane Times (Laoss ocial

daily newspaper)

http://www.unlao.orgUnited Nations operations and

programs in Laos

Anti-Bomb Groups

http://www.mag.org.uk

Mines Advisory Group

http://www.

stopclustermunitions.org

Cluster Munitions Coalition

http://www.disarmco.com

Disarmco: Munitions Disposal

http://www.gichd.org

Geneva International Centre or

Humanitarian De-mining

http://www.uxolao.org

Laos National Unexploded

Ordnance Program

http://www.hrw.org/

doc/?t=arms_clusterbombs

Human Rights Watch on Cluster

Bombs (includes Cluster

Munitions Inormation Chart,

among a great deal o other

inormation)

http://www.icbl.org

International Campaign to Ban

Landmines


14/14

BomB Harvest

http://www.legaciesowar

Legacies o War

http://www.mcc.org/

clusterbombs/

Mennonite Central Committee

(Check out the Frequently Asked

Questions and the excellent Time

Line.)

Bomb Details andSpecifcations

http://www.as.org/man/dod-101/

sys/dumb/cluster.htm

Military Analysis Network

http://www.ordnance.org/cluster_

bombs.htm

The Ordnance Shop

Books

Fred Branman, Voices from the

Plain of Jars: Life Under An Air

War, New York, Harper and Row,

1972.

Timothy Castle,At War in the

Shadow of Vietnam: US Military

Aid to the Royal Lao Government,

1955-1975, New York, Columbia

University Press, 1993.

Handicap International, Living

With UXO: National Survey on the

Socio-Economic Impact of UXO

in Lao PDR, Vientiane, Laos, UXO

Laos, 1997.

Ralph Littauer and Norman

Upho, The Air War in Indochina,

Air War Study Group, Cornell

University, 1972.

Rae McGrath, Cluster Bombs: TheMilitary Effectiveness and Impact

on Civilians of Cluster Bombs,

London, UK Working Group on

Landmines, 2000.

Titus Peachey and Virgil

Wiebe, Cluster of Death, Akron,

Mennonite Central Committee,

2000.

Eric Prokosch, The Technology

of Killing: A Military and PoliticalHistory of Cluster Weapons,

London, Zed Books, 1999.

Roger Warner, Shooting at the

Moon: The Story of Americas

Clandestine War in Laos, South

Royalton, Vermont, Steerorth

Press, 1999.

Article

Simon Jenkins, Cluster Bombs:

These Are Landmines by Any

Other Name, The Times of

London, 26 October 2001.

Film

Bombies (Jack Silberman, 2002),

57 minutes

Bomb Harvest

Duration: 55 or 88 minutes

Director & Cinematographer:

Kim Mordaunt

Producer: Sylvia Wilczynski

Writer/Researcher:

Kim Mordaunt &

Sylvia Wilczynski

Editor: Adrian Rostirolla

Original Music: Caitlin Yeo

Sound Recordist: Daniel Miau

Sound Designer & Mixer:

Michael Gissing

Lemur Films

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