TY - BOOK AU - Wessells,Michael G. TI - Child soldiers: from violence to protection SN - 9780674032552 (pbk.) AV - UB 416 .W47 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, Mass., London PB - Harvard University Press KW - Child soldiers KW - Children and war KW - World politics KW - 21st century KW - Gewalt KW - swd KW - Krieg KW - Kind KW - Soldat KW - sears KW - 1991- N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -