Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 199 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0813535689
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0813535670
Serie:
The Rutgers series in childhood studies
Inhalt:
Children have served as soldiers throughout history. They fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and in both world wars. They served as uniformed soldiers, camouflaged insurgents, and even suicide bombers. Indeed, the first U.S. soldier to be killed by hostile fire in the Afghanistan war was shot in ambush by a fourteen-year-old boy. Does this mean that child soldiers are aggressors? Or are they victims? It is a difficult question with no obvious answer, yet in recent years the acceptable answer among humanitarian organizations and contemporary scholars has been resoundingly
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index
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Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: War and Childhood ; Chapter 2: Fighting for Their Lives--Jewish Child Soldiers of World War II; Chapter 3: Fighting for Diamonds--The Child Soldiers of Sierra Leone; Chapter 4: Fighting for the Apocalypse--Palestinian Child Soldiers; Chapter 5: The Politics of Age ; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813535678
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Armies of the Young : Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism
Sprache:
Englisch
