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They are part of rebel factions, national armies, paramilitaries,
and other armed groups and entrenched in some of the most violent
conflicts around the globe. They are in some ways still children -
yet, from Afghanistan to Sierra Leone to Northern Ireland, you can
find them among the fighters. Why? Young Soldiers explores the
reasons that adolescents who are neither physically forced nor
abducted choose to join armed groups. Drawing on in-depth
interviews with the soldiers themselves, the authors challenge
conventional wisdom to offer a thought-provoking account of the
role that war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family, and
friends all play in driving these young men and women to join
military life. They also address the important issues of
demobilization and the reintegration process. International in
scope, covering a variety of situations in Afghanistan, Colombia,
Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom, Young
Soldiers concludes with a discussion of the steps needed to create
an environment in which adolescents are no longer ""forced"" to
volunteer.
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