Malice Aforethought: A History of Booby Traps from the First World War to Vietnam Kindle Edition

This book discusses a history of booby traps mostly up to Vietnam. It discusses the psychological advantage of simple tools made to slow down and and disrupt the advance of enemy forces. Some mechanical booby traps used by military and government agencies are discussed but other non-mechanical and much easier made booby traps are examined. IMHO, this is not a book for your teenager but a book for a military historian. Social media can show many of the same traps and their basic design which is highly illegal to use on your property or in your home in every state of our country. Friends of mine in the war were PSYOPS and recommended this book to me. Hope this helps. As always, be safe. JJ

Casual reading. The book is in excellent condition.

Use for learning history, goo detail, well written

Loved the book and would definitely recommend it

Skip this, look at another, not a knowledgeable trap book. Look at vietnam war booby traps.

very informative. I love this book...hard to put it down. I recoomend to anyone interested in this subject matter....I love it.

Great book

Very well done. I've read hundreds of WWII books from every angle, so it's rare that I truly come across something new and intriguing- and that's what I found in this book. I never knew the massive extent of how large these weapons played a part in land and sea. I never knew it was standard procedure for Wermacht troops to send their Engineers behind them and boobytrap areas upon orders for withdrawal.Short of time and with war materiel dwindling, tactical withdrawals demanded retreating troops stretch their imagination in order to slow down their pursuers and buy some time. And this book shows you both how they set the traps, and how they were discovered and disarmed. I have new respect for the troops who had to learn "on the job". This is a good read, and if you're not careful-- you just may learn something, too.