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