Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination : : From Patriots to Victims / / David M Rosen.
When we hear the term "child soldiers," most Americans imagine innocent victims roped into bloody conflicts in distant war-torn lands like Sudan and Sierra Leone. Yet our own history is filled with examples of children involved in warfare-from adolescent prisoner of war Andrew Jackson to C...
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