Child Soldiers in Africa

by Alcinda Honwana

Book Overview

Young people have been at the forefront of political conflict in many parts of the world, even when it has turned violent. In some of those situations, for a variety of reasons, including coercion, poverty, or the seductive nature of violence, children become killers before they are able to grasp the fundamentals of morality. It has been only in the past ten years that this component of warfare has captured the attention of the world. Images of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219872
• ISBN13: 9780812219876
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"