Child Soldiers: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

This book exposes the role of children in war, describing where, why, and how children are deployed, the attempts made by international organizations to protect children, and the underlying political and cultural issues that make this such a thorny issue.

• A chronology of major events in the efforts to limit the use of child soldiers

• Biographical sketches of famous child soldiers and key figures in the effort to ban the use of child soldiers

• A directory of organizations involved in the child soldier issue