Child soldiers
By: Candice Mancini, book editor
Series: Global viewpoints; Global viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780737748390; 9780737748406
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.197-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: Child soldiers are found throughout the world  -- Mirjana Rakela; title: In Uganda, the child soldier situation has reached crisis status  -- Namrita Talwar; title: In Mozambique, children are exploited as the perfect weapon  -- Jeffrey Gettleman; title: Colombian peace is challenged by an abundance of child soldiers  -- Charles Geisler and -- Niousha Roshani; title: The United States treats captured child soldiers as if they are criminals  -- Vincent J. Curtis; title: Young girls are soldiers, too  -- Susan McKay; title: Threats and promises entice children to war  -- P.W. Singer; title: Democratic Republic of the Congo's forgotten children of conflict  -- Anushka Asthana; title: Modern child soldiers have unique health concerns  -- J. Pearn; title: Former child soldiers benefit from indigenous cultural practices of healing  -- Zulfiya Tursunova; title: Colombia's child soldiers join rebels to escape poverty  -- Helen Murphy; title: In Iraq, child soldiers want to be martyrs  -- Toby Harnden; title: International efforts to combat child soldiers are not enough  -- UN General Assembly, Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs Committee; title: Africa must stop recruiting children to war  -- Ernest Harsch; title: British Relief Organization offers aid to children affected by war in Sierra Leone  -- Lindsay Clydesdale; title: In Mozambique, Save the Children helps child soldiers heal  -- Wray Herbert; title: Despite international efforts, child soldiers continue to be used in battle  -- Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers; title: Former Cambodian child soldier finds solace in writing  -- Susan Mansfield; title: Former Ugandan child soldier helps others experience childhood  -- Edd McCracken; title: Former child soldier from Democratic Republic of the Congo now works as a carpenter  -- Bent Jorgen Perlmutt; title: Former child soldier from Sierra Leone is now author and child rights advocate -- Naveed Malik, interviewing-- Ishmael Beah.