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Armies of the Young

- Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism
Af: David M. Rosen Engelsk Paperback

Armies of the Young

- Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism
Af: David M. Rosen Engelsk Paperback
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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 was shot in ambush by a fourteen-year-old boy.

Does this mean that child soldiers are aggressors? Or are they victims? It is a difficult question with no obvious answer, yet in recent years the acceptable answer among humanitarian organizations and contemporary scholars has been resoundingly the latter. These children are most often seen as especially hideous examples of adult criminal exploitation.

In this provocative book, David M. Rosen argues that this response vastly oversimplifies the child soldier problem. Drawing on three dramatic examples-from Sierra Leone, Palestine, and Eastern Europe during the Holocaust-Rosen vividly illustrates this controversial view. In each case, he shows that children are not always passive victims, but often make the rational decision that not fighting is worse than fighting.

With a critical eye to international law, Armies of the Young urges readers to reconsider the situation of child combatants in light of circumstance and history before adopting uninformed child protectionist views. In the process, Rosen paints a memorable and unsettling picture of the role of children in international conflicts.

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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 was shot in ambush by a fourteen-year-old boy.

Does this mean that child soldiers are aggressors? Or are they victims? It is a difficult question with no obvious answer, yet in recent years the acceptable answer among humanitarian organizations and contemporary scholars has been resoundingly the latter. These children are most often seen as especially hideous examples of adult criminal exploitation.

In this provocative book, David M. Rosen argues that this response vastly oversimplifies the child soldier problem. Drawing on three dramatic examples-from Sierra Leone, Palestine, and Eastern Europe during the Holocaust-Rosen vividly illustrates this controversial view. In each case, he shows that children are not always passive victims, but often make the rational decision that not fighting is worse than fighting.

With a critical eye to international law, Armies of the Young urges readers to reconsider the situation of child combatants in light of circumstance and history before adopting uninformed child protectionist views. In the process, Rosen paints a memorable and unsettling picture of the role of children in international conflicts.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 216
ISBN-13: 9780813535685
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0813535689
Kategori: Aldersgrupper: børn
Udg. Dato: 31 jan 2005
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Rutgers University Press
Oplagsdato: 31 jan 2005
Forfatter(e): David M. Rosen
Forfatter(e) David M. Rosen

Kategori Aldersgrupper: børn

ISBN-13 9780813535685

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 216

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 162mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 31 jan 2005

Oplagsdato 31 jan 2005

Forlag Rutgers University Press

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