{"product_id":"9780813537832","title":"Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Armies of the Young\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"No thinking person, no media commentator, no political leader can afford to   be without this book-not if they care about the truth and want to understand one   of the more awful realities of our time. It will stir you to action on behalf of   the world's vulnerable children.\"-Phyllis Chesler, author of The New   Anti-Semitism \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChildren 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDoes 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128541036784,"sku":"9780813537832","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813537832_p0.jpg?v=1763744830","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813537832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}