Table of Contents

Preface. I: The Evolution of the Mine as a Weapon of Sea Warfare: A Summary History. 1. Early Days to the American Civil War. 2. The American Civil War (1861-1865). 3. From the End of the American Civil War to 1907. II: The Drafting of the 1907 Hague Convention on Mine Warfare at Sea. 1. Introductory. 2. The Drafting of Article 1 of the Convention. 3. The Drafting of Article 2 of the Convention. 4. The Rejection of Article 4 of the British Proposition. 5. The Rejection of the Proposed Article on Straits. 6. The Drafting of Article 3 of the Convention. 7. The Drafting of Article 4 of the Convention. 8. The Drafting of Article 5 of the Convention. 9. The Final Provisions (Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention). 10. Summing Up. III: Mine Warfare from 1914 to 1945. 1. World War I (1914-1918). 2. The Period Between the World Wars (1919-1939). 3. World War II (1939-1945). IV: Things Technical. V: Mine Warfare Since 1945. 1. International Activities Since 1945. 2. Case Studies. 3. World War III. 4. Conclusions. Appendix. Bibliography. Cases, Conferences, Conventions, Treaties, etc. Index.