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This is the first comprehensive look at the use of children in contemporary warfare. From U.S. soldiers having to fight children in Afghanistan and Iraq to juvenile terrorists in Sri Lanka to Palestine, the new, younger face of battle is a terrible reality of 21st century warfare. Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the "War on Terrorism" was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy. Children at War is the first comprehensive examination of a disturbing and escalating phenomenon: The use of children as soldiers around the globe. Interweaving explanatory narrative with the voices of child soldiers themselves, P.W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in modern warfare, introduces the brutal reality of conflict, where children are sent off to fight in war-torn hotspots from Colombia and the Sudan to Kashmir and Sierra Leone. He explores the evolution of this phenomenon, how and why children are recruited, indoctrinated, trained, and converted to soldiers and then lays out the consequences for global security, with a special case study on terrorism. With this established, he lays out the responses that can end this horrible practice. What emerges is not only a compelling and clarifying read on the darker reality of modern warfare, but also a clear and urgent call for action.

Child soldiers --- World politics --- 855 oorlogsvoering --- Boys as soldiers --- Children as soldiers --- Soldiers --- History

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Why is violence in civil war so brutal when it is often taking place between people who know each other? Is such violence an instance of collective madness? This book demonstrates that there is logic to this violence, entailing the joint action of armed organizations and individual civilians.

#SBIB:327.5H21 --- #SBIB:324H73 --- Vrede – oorlog, oorlogssituaties --- Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld --- Polemology --- Civil war. --- Political violence. --- Violence politique --- Guerre civile --- Civil war --- Political violence --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Civil wars --- Intra-state war --- Rebellions --- Government, Resistance to --- International law --- Revolutions --- War --- 855 oorlogsvoering --- Civil War. --- Political Theory of the State --- Political Science --- Law, Politics & Government

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Asymmetric warfare --- Guerre asymétrique --- Israel --- Arab countries --- Middle East --- Israël --- Etats arabes --- Moyen-Orient --- Armed Forces. --- Forces armées --- 855 oorlogsvoering --- 876 Veiligheidspolitiek --- 883.4 West-Azië --- 853 Regionale conflicten --- Military art and science --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- Orient --- Arab world --- Arabic countries --- Arabic-speaking states --- Islamic countries --- Guerre asymétrique --- Israël --- Forces armées --- Asia, West --- West Asia --- Western Asia