Child Soldiers in Context

Long before “IS” and “Boko Haram”, the messianic “Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA) in Uganda was considered as one of the most brutal rebel groups in Africa, or in the world, and as one which clearly specialized in the abduction, “recruitment” and deployment of children and adolescents as ombatants. Th...

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Main Authors: Bogner, Artur, Rosenthal, Gabriele
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Udgivet: Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2021
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