Child soldiers /
A collection of essays that provides varying perspective on child soldiers, discussing their presence in Uganda, Mozambique, and Colombia; how they are treated by the United States after being captured; the causes and effects of children in combat; efforts to end their use; and life after combat.
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Farmington Hills, Mich. :
Greenhaven Press,
c2010.
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| Series: | Global viewpoints.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p.197-199) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Child soldiers are found throughout the world / |r Mirjana Rakela -- |t In Uganda, the child soldier situation has reached crisis status / |r Namrita Talwar -- |t In Mozambique, children are exploited as the perfect weapon / |r Jeffrey Gettleman -- |t Colombian peace is challenged by an abundance of child soldiers / |r Charles Geisler and |r Niousha Roshani -- |t The United States treats captured child soldiers as if they are criminals / |r Vincent J. Curtis -- |t Young girls are soldiers, too / |r Susan McKay -- |t Threats and promises entice children to war / |r P.W. Singer -- |t Democratic Republic of the Congo's forgotten children of conflict / |r Anushka Asthana -- |t Modern child soldiers have unique health concerns / |r J. Pearn -- |t Former child soldiers benefit from indigenous cultural practices of healing / |r Zulfiya Tursunova -- |t Colombia's child soldiers join rebels to escape poverty / |r Helen Murphy -- |t In Iraq, child soldiers want to be martyrs / |r Toby Harnden -- |t International efforts to combat child soldiers are not enough / |r UN General Assembly, Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs Committee -- |t Africa must stop recruiting children to war / |r Ernest Harsch -- |t British Relief Organization offers aid to children affected by war in Sierra Leone / |r Lindsay Clydesdale -- |t In Mozambique, Save the Children helps child soldiers heal / |r Wray Herbert -- |t Despite international efforts, child soldiers continue to be used in battle / |r Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers -- |t Former Cambodian child soldier finds solace in writing / |r Susan Mansfield -- |t Former Ugandan child soldier helps others experience childhood / |r Edd McCracken -- |t Former child soldier from Democratic Republic of the Congo now works as a carpenter / |r Bent Jorgen Perlmutt -- |t Former child soldier from Sierra Leone is now author and child rights advocate / |r Naveed Malik, interviewing |r Ishmael Beah. |
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