Armies of the young : child soldiers in war and terrorism /

Children have served as soldiers throughout history. They fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and in both world wars. They served as uniformed soldiers, camouflaged insurgents, and even suicide bombers. Indeed, the first U.S. soldier to be killed by hostile fire in the Afghanistan war...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosen, David M., 1944-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ©2005.
Series:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hhz5h
Table of Contents:
  • War and childhood
  • Fighting for their lives: Jewish child soldiers of World War II
  • Fighting for diamonds: the child soldiers of Sierra Leone
  • Fighting for the apocalypse: Palestinian child soldiers
  • The politics of age.