They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children

The ultimate focus of the rest of my life is to eradicate the use of child soldiers and to eliminate even the thought of the use of children as instruments of war Rom o DallaireIn conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple to sustain, has unlimited versatility and incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism In fact, there is no complete end to end weapon system in the inventory of war machines What are these cheap, renewable, plentiful, sophisticated and expendable weapons Children.Rom o Dallaire was first confronted with child soldiers in unnamed villages on the tops of the thousand hills of Rwanda during the genocide of 1994 The dilemma of the adult soldier who faced them is beautifully expressed in his book s title when children are shooting at you, they are soldiers, but as soon as they are wounded or killed they are children once again.Believing that not one of us should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers In this book, he provides an intellectually daring and enlightening introduction to the child soldier phenomenon, as well as inspiring and concrete solutions to eradicate it From the Hardcover edition. Read They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children – kino-fada.fr I picked up this book on a whim while I was at the library one day It was an amazing book that packed such a powerful message You can tell that Dallaire has been quite affected by what he witnessed in Rwanda Unlike so many others, Dallaire uses his anguish for the better and has begun a campaign to eradicate the use of child soldiers He introduces the reader to the methods used by armies and militias to collect children and indoctrinate them into a combat role While society normally views c I picked up this book on a whim while I was at the library one day It was an amazing book that packed such a powerful message You can tell that Dallaire has been quite affected by what he witnessed in Rwanda Unlike so many others, Dallaire uses his anguish for the better and has begun a campaign to eradicate the use of child soldiers He introduces the reader to the methods used by armies and militias to collect children and indoctrinate them into a combat role While society normally views child soldiers as only those who are actually trained in combat, Dallaire argues that this is not the case, and that child soldiers are any person below 18 years of age who is, or who has been, recruited or used by an armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but not limited to children, boys and girls, used as fighters, cooks, porters, spies or for sexual purposes It does not only refer to a child who is taking, or has taken a d...An exacting, but depressing account, of the use of children as soldiers in military combat Mr Dallaire describes the recruitment phase why child soldiers are used and the extreme brutality that they undergo.Mr Dallaire makes a strong point that once a child soldier has been made the damage done to he or she will never be undone Remoulding an ex child soldier to adjust back into society will be long term work and involve excruciating psychological restructuring of the former child.Mr Dal An exacting, but depressing account, of the use of children as soldiers in military combat Mr Dallaire describes the recruitment phase why child soldiers are used and the extreme brutality that they undergo.Mr Dallaire makes a strong point that once a child soldier has been made the damage done to he or she will never be undone Remoulding an ex child soldier to adjust back into society will be long term work and involve excruciating psychological restructuring of the former child.Mr Dallaire also makes the case that young girls are also part of this recruitment process and their abuse is likelydebilitating than that for boys How can these children ever hope to be accepted back into the culture that they were so viciously abducted from Their lives are a shamble they have had no schooling, they likely don t k...This book goes beyond calling attention to the plight of child soldiers as victims What I learned, and what I want to remember is this The use of child soldiers is a weapons system where the child is only the most obvious victim As a weapons system, it is as destructive to humanity as land mines and chemical weapons In the same way that the world has moved to condemn and eradicate the use of these two, we must do the same with the use of child soldiers As with slavery, apartheid, civil right This book goes beyond calling attention to the plight of child soldiers as victims What I learned, and what I want to remember is this The use of child soldiers is a weapons system where the child is only the most obvious victim As a weapons system, it is as destructive to humanity as land mines and chemical weapons In the same way that the world has moved to condemn and eradicate the use of these two, we must do the same with the use of chi...I read Shake Hands With the Devil a few years ago after we learned about the Rwandan genocide in social studies I enjoyed it but most of it seemed very political from what I remember and hard to comprehend Recently Romeo Dallaire came to our school and spoke about the genocide, child soldiers, and how the new generation has to make a difference This is a great book if you re interested in helping change the lives of those currently l...They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children is a book with a special personal connection for me I received this book through a book signing at Politics and Prose in Washington DC, where I had the privilege to hear Romeo Dallaire speak about his experiences in Rwanda and in developing this project As a conflict resolution student, I studied the Rwandan genocide and reconstruction, and was very familiar with Mr Dallaire s outreach efforts in promoting post conflict sustainable peacemaking They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children is a book with a special personal connection for me I received this book through a book signing at Politics and Prose in Washington DC, where I had the privilege to hear Romeo Dallaire speak about his experiences in Rwanda and in developing this project As a conflict resolution student, I studied the Rwandan genocide and reconstruction, and was very familiar with Mr Dallaire s outreach efforts in promoting post conflict sustainable peacemaking It was truly an honor for me to hear him speak and obtain a copy of his work Dallaire was irrevocably changed by his service as Major General of UNAMIR, United Nations Assistance Miss...Stayed up late last night to finish this one as there is a waiting list for it at work It is a heavy subject, but a very readable book Dallaire writes in a very conversational style and the book is written like it is speaking to you directly There are three sections where he has included a fictional child soldier and fictional UN peacekeeper to help show the feelings, and reality of the experiences.He talks about the situations that create child soldiers, the community repercussions, the inte Stayed up late last night to finish this one as there is a waiting list for it at work It is a heavy subject, but a very readable book Dallaire writes in a very conversational...While this was a heavy subject and a very concerning one, I was totally immersed in Romeo Dallaire s crusade against child soldiers It is hard to believe what goes on in the world but it is all too real and beyond anyone s comprehension By countries banding together and by individuals standing up for children s lives and rights to have a childhood will we eradicate this senseless practice in these underdeveloped nations Th...I m about half way through this book I want to keep on top of what Romeo Dallaire is doing, since he s a bit of a hero of mine So far it s good can t read too much of it at once, because it is hard on the psyche He has included what I think is a very effectiv...The author made some interesting points and presented child soldiers in a new way, and also had a chapter written toward young readers, advising them how they can help with the situation.However it was ex...Why do I always kick off the new year on a downer I hate to say it, but I kind of wimped out on this one after the first hand account of being a child soldier which is fictional but a composite of what I suspect it is like I skimmed through the...

• English
• 14 February 2017
Roméo Dallaire
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 0307355772
• Roméo Dallaire
• They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children