First kill your family
Subtitle: child soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army
By: Peter Eichstaedt
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781613748091
Subjects: Children and war; Child soldiers; Human rights; Lord's Resistance Army
Description: Describes the experiences of children kidnapped into service for the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, in which boys are required to complete brutal initiations--murdering their parents, friends, and relatives--and girls are forced into sexual slavery and labor.
Notes: "First hardcover edition published 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Richard's story; title: Faded luster of the pearl; title: The lips are not there; title: Anatomy of an attack; title: God, grace, and the Aboke girls; title: Witch doctors, rattles, and unholy ghosts; title: A game of blood and spiritualism; title: The Arrow Boys; title: Degrees of darkness; title: Back to the land; title: The call for peace; title: Armed conflict is a health risk; title: In search of Joseph Kony; title: Jungle rendezvous; title: The view from Kilimanjaro.