War and children : a reference handbook / / Kendra E. Dupuy and Krijn Peters ; foreword by Ishmael Beah.

• Superior document: Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Dupuy, Kendra E.
• TeilnehmendeR: Peters, Krijn.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
• Physical Description: xv, 204 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

• Children, youth, and armed conflict
• Growing up in the context of war : the impact of armed conflict on children and young people
• The recruitment and roles of children and young people in fighting forces
• The disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of young ex-combatants
• After the war : war-affected young people in post-conflict environments
• Summary and conclusion
• Appendix 1: Biographies
• Appendix 2: Key documents
• Chronology
• Glossary.