Read more
Informationen zum Autor Romeo Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. A three star General, he served as Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army and later in the Ministry of Defence. General Dallaire was medically released from the armed forces in April 2000 due to post-traumatic stress disorder and is now special adviser to the Canadian government on war-affected children and the prohibition of small arms distribution. In January 2002, he received the inaugural Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention in London. Klappentext This important book is part of a passionate personal mission against the use of child soldiers, by the three-star general who commanded the UN mission in Rwanda. When Romeo Dallaire was tasked with achieving peace in 1994, he and his force found themselves caught up in a vortex of civil war and genocide. He left Rwanda a broken man, a story he told in the award-winning SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL. Now, in THEY FIGHT LIKE SOLDIERS, THEY DIE LIKE CHILDREN, Dallaire provides an emotionally daring introduction to the child soldier phenomenon, as well as concrete solutions for its eradication. Zusammenfassung In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that needs negligible technology. What are these cheap, renewable, plentiful, sophisticated, and expendable weapons? Children. This book provides an introduction to the child soldier phenomenon, as well as concrete solutions for its total eradication.
