Child soldiers : from violence to protection / Michael Wessells.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: xiv, 284 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674032552 (pbk.)
  • 0674032551 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • UB 416 .W47 2009
Contents:
Child victims, young combatants -- Entry into armed groups -- Inside armed groups -- Girl soldiers -- Health and HIV/AIDS -- The invisible wounds of war -- Putting down the gun -- The transition to civilian life -- Community reconciliation, justice, and protection -- Prevention.
Summary: Looks at the lives of the estimated 300,00 child soldiers around the world serving as spies, human land mine detectors, porters, and sex slaves and their chances to enter civilian life and heal the wounds inflicted upon them.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection UB 416 .W47 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98651876

Originally published: 2006.

Child victims, young combatants -- Entry into armed groups -- Inside armed groups -- Girl soldiers -- Health and HIV/AIDS -- The invisible wounds of war -- Putting down the gun -- The transition to civilian life -- Community reconciliation, justice, and protection -- Prevention.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

Looks at the lives of the estimated 300,00 child soldiers around the world serving as spies, human land mine detectors, porters, and sex slaves and their chances to enter civilian life and heal the wounds inflicted upon them.

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