How to love a rat : detecting bombs in postwar Cambodia /

"How to Love a Rat takes place in a Cambodian minefield. Working amid hidden bombs, former war combatants use explosive-sniffing rats to clear mines from the land. In total, an estimated four to six million landmines in Cambodia have been left behind by wars that ended decades ago. This has cre...

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Main Author: DeAngelo, Darcie, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Series:Atelier (Oakland, Calif.) ; 17.
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505 0 |a New choreographies -- Shadow stories -- Even the clouds lie -- A murder -- Metta means "I'm sorry, you're sorry" -- Smell (like) a rat. 
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