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child soldiers
photographs by ghaith abdul ahad lynsey addario martin adler richard butler francesco cito gary calton chris de bode donna de cesare miquel dewever plana tiane doan na champassak colin finlay riccardo gangale cedric gerbehaye jan grarup tim a. hetherington rhodri jones bob koenig roger lemoyne zed nelson peter mantello heather mcclintock olivier pin fat giacomo pirozzi q. sakamaki marcelo salinas dominic sansoni guy tillim sven torfinn ami vitale vincent van de wijngaard tomas van houtryve kadir van lohuizen alvaro ybarra zavala francesco zizola br essay by jo becker jimmi briggs dick durbin emmanuel jal michael wessells br i would like to give you a message . please do your best to tell the world what is happening to us the children so that other children dont have to pass through this violence . br a 15 year old girl who escaped from the lords resistance army in uganda br up to half a million children have been engaged in more than 85 conflicts worldwide . as armed conflict proliferates increasing numbers of children are exposed to the brutalities of war . boys and girls around the world are recruited to be child soldiers by armed forces and militant groups either forcibly or voluntarily . some are tricked into service by manipulative recruiters others join in order to escape poverty or discrimination while still others are outright abducted at school on the streets and at home . aside from participating in combat many are used for sexual purposes made to lay and clear land mines or employed as spies messengers porters or servants . kids have become the ultimate weapons of twenty first century war . br child soldiers focuses on countries with a history of child warfare as captured by photographers and writers from across the globe . the book explores the childrens time as combatants as well as their demobilization and rehabilitation . included are tim hetheringtons photographs from liberia ; roger lemoyne and cedric gerbehayes work from the congo ; ami vitales series on child maoist recruits in nepal ; and other work from burma columbia the central african republic sri lanka afghanistan and palestine .
hardcover perseus distribution services 2008 isbn13 9781576874554 isbn10 1576874559
book type nf isbn 13 9781576874554 number of pages 117 publisher powerhouse books release date 62135769600000