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Author Wessells, Michael G., 1948-

Title Child soldiers : from violence to protection / Michael Wessells
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006

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Description xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Child victims, young combatants -- 2. Entry into armed groups -- 3. Inside armed groups -- 4. Girl soldiers -- 5. Health and HIV/AIDS -- 6. The invisible wounds of war -- 7. Putting down the gun -- 8. The transition to civilian life -- 9. Community reconciliation, justice, and protection -- 10. Prevention
Summary Human rights activists, physicians and citizens around the world recognise the need to find effective interventions for child soldiers but up to now we have lacked systematic information about them. Wessells discusses all of the major concerns: how boys and girls are recruited or enticed into guerrilla groups
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index
Subject Child soldiers.
World politics -- 21st century.
LC no. 2006049507
ISBN 0674023595
9780674023598