Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection
Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection
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儿童兵：从暴力到保护
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10.5860/choice.44-5122
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2007
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Michael Wessells
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作者：
Michael Wessells
这本书引人入胜、人性化，揭示了世界各地 30 万儿童兵的生活，挑战了他们作为掠夺者或失落一代的刻板印象。儿童被食物、保护、复仇或更好生活的承诺绑架或引诱，不仅充当战斗人员，而且充当搬运工、间谍、人类地雷探测器和性奴隶。近三分之一是女孩，迈克尔·韦塞尔动人地揭示了她们因怀孕、分娩并发症以及她们和她们的婴儿在当地遭遇的排斥而面临的特殊危险。韦塞尔斯主要基于参与性研究和对世界各地数百名前儿童兵的采访，让这些前士兵为自己说话，并揭示他们的经历和处境的巨大复杂性。作者认为，尽管战争造成社会、道德和心理创伤，仍有数量惊人的前儿童兵进入平民生活，他描述了使之成为可能的治疗、生计、教育、和解、家庭融合、保护和文化支持。 《儿童士兵》热情地呼吁采取行动，促使读者超越恐怖故事，制定本地和全球策略来制止这种对童年的盗窃。
Compelling and humane, this book reveals the lives of the 300,000 child soldiers around the world, challenging stereotypes of them as predators or a lost generation. Kidnapped or lured by the promise of food, protection, revenge, or a better life, children serve not only as combatants but as porters, spies, human land mine detectors, and sexual slaves. Nearly one-third are girls, and Michael Wessells movingly reveals the particular dangers they face from pregnancy, childbirth complications, and the rejection they and their babies encounter in their local contexts. Based mainly on participatory research and interviews with hundreds of former child soldiers worldwide, Wessells allows these ex-soldiers to speak for themselves and reveal the enormous complexity of their experiences and situations. The author argues that despite the social, moral, and psychological wounds of war, a surprising number of former child soldiers enter civilian life, and he describes the healing, livelihood, education, reconciliation, family integration, protection, and cultural supports that make it possible. A passionate call for action, "Child Soldiers" pushes readers to go beyond the horror stories to develop local and global strategies to stop this theft of childhood.