Child soldiers : from violence to protection /
Wessells, Michael G., 1948-
Child soldiers : from violence to protection / Michael Wessells. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009. - xiv, 284 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.
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.
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.
9780674032552 (pbk.) 0674032551 (pbk.)
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014883771 Uk
Child soldiers.
Children and war.
World politics--21st century.
Gewalt.
Krieg.
Kind.
Soldat.
Children and war.
World politics--1991-
UB 416 .W47 2009
Child soldiers : from violence to protection / Michael Wessells. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009. - xiv, 284 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.
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.
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.
9780674032552 (pbk.) 0674032551 (pbk.)
GBA906398 bnb
014883771 Uk
Child soldiers.
Children and war.
World politics--21st century.
Gewalt.
Krieg.
Kind.
Soldat.
Children and war.
World politics--1991-
UB 416 .W47 2009