Young Soldier
Subtitle: Why They Choose to Fight
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781588262851
Subjects: Adolescents; Warfare & Defence; Political Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Politics/International Relations; USA; General; Military - United States; Military Science
Description: "Young Soldiers explores the reasons that adolescents who are neither physically forced nor abducted choose to join armed groups. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the soldiers themselves, the authors offer an account of the role that war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family, and friends all play in driving these young men and women to join military life. They also address the important issues of demobilization and the reintegration process." "International in scope, covering a variety of situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom, Young Soldiers concludes with a discussion of the steps needed to create an environment in which adolescents are no longer "forced" to volunteer."--BOOK JACKET.