MARC details
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02558cam a22002654a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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ICES |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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060728s2006 caua b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0520248767 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780520248762 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
440.4 |
| Item number |
SIN |
| 100 1# - PERSONAL NAME (AUTHOR) |
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| Personal name |
Singer, P. W. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Peter Warren) |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9107 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Children at war / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
P.W. Singer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Berkeley : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University of California Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 264 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This is the first comprehensive look at the use of children in contemporary warfare. From U.S. soldiers having to fight children in Afghanistan and Iraq to juvenile terrorists in Sri Lanka to Palestine, the new, younger face of battle is a terrible reality of 21st century warfare. Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the "War on Terrorism" was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy. Children at War is the first comprehensive examination of a disturbing and escalating phenomenon: The use of children as soldiers around the globe. Interweaving explanatory narrative with the voices of child soldiers themselves, P.W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in modern warfare, introduces the brutal reality of conflict, where children are sent off to fight in war-torn hotspots from Colombia and the Sudan to Kashmir and Sierra Leone. He explores the evolution of this phenomenon, how and why children are recruited, indoctrinated, trained, and converted to soldiers and then lays out the consequences for global security, with a special case study on terrorism. With this established, he lays out the responses that can end this horrible practice. What emerges is not only a compelling and clarifying read on the darker reality of modern warfare, but also a clear and urgent call for action. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Child soldiers |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9108 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Child soldiers |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
9109 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World politics |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
7981 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/20505681-d.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/20505681-b.html |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents only |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/20505681-t.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Other/Generic Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type |
Reference Books |
