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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Zusammenfassung: | 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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spelling | Rosen, David M. Verfasser aut Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism David M. Rosen New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2005] © 2005 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019) 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 In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Child soldiers World politics 1989- World politics 20th century Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd rswk-swf Palästinafrage (DE-588)4131913-8 gnd rswk-swf Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone 1991-2002 (DE-588)7540899-5 gnd rswk-swf Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 gnd rswk-swf Soldat (DE-588)4055409-0 gnd rswk-swf Partisan (DE-588)4044782-0 gnd rswk-swf Kind (DE-588)4030550-8 gnd rswk-swf Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 s Kind (DE-588)4030550-8 s Partisan (DE-588)4044782-0 s Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Geschichte z 1\p DE-604 Palästinafrage (DE-588)4131913-8 s Soldat (DE-588)4055409-0 s 2\p DE-604 Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone 1991-2002 (DE-588)7540899-5 s 3\p DE-604 Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 s 4\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813537832 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism |
title_auth | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism |
title_exact_search | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism |
title_full | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism David M. Rosen |
title_fullStr | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism David M. Rosen |
title_full_unstemmed | Armies of the Young Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism David M. Rosen |
title_short | Armies of the Young |
title_sort | armies of the young child soldiers in war and terrorism |
title_sub | Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism |
topic | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Child soldiers World politics 1989- World politics 20th century Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd Palästinafrage (DE-588)4131913-8 gnd Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone 1991-2002 (DE-588)7540899-5 gnd Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 gnd Soldat (DE-588)4055409-0 gnd Partisan (DE-588)4044782-0 gnd Kind (DE-588)4030550-8 gnd Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd |
topic_facet | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Child soldiers World politics 1989- World politics 20th century Juden Palästinafrage Bürgerkrieg in Sierra Leone 1991-2002 Kriegführung Soldat Partisan Kind Zweiter Weltkrieg |
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