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

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 genera

Current global estimates of children engaged in warfare range from 200,000 to 300,000. Children's roles in conflict range from armed and active participants to

Traces the experiences of child soldiers in Sierra Leone during and after war and examines the implications of their participation.

This book commences with an analysis of the current state of child soldiering internationally. Thereafter the proscriptive content of contemporary norms on the