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They fight like soldiers, they die like children : the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers (2010)

door Roméo Dallaire

Andere auteurs: Ishmael Beah (Voorwoord)

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Traces the proliferation of child-soldier use throughout the world as well as international efforts to end the practice.
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A hard story. ( )
  BBrookes | Dec 2, 2023 |
3.5 stars

Romeo Dallaire was head of UNAMIR, the peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, just before the genocide in 1994. Since then, he has become involved in trying to stop the use of children as soldiers. This book looks at how and why children become soldiers, some as young as 7 or 8 years old, and offers ways to get this stopped. He also talks a lot about the group he has formed to try to stop it; his group is trying to get the military and humanitarian NGOs to work together. He has done a lot of research and has published papers on the topic.

This is terrible. I have read both Dallaire’s Shake Hands With the Devil (which I highly recommend) and Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone (also recommended). There were a few chapters where Dallaire created a fictional boy who became a soldier, then later a fictional peacekeeper who shot a girl soldier; I thought these chapters, in particular, were very powerful. I hadn’t realized how many girl soldiers were also involved, and they have (many sad) issues of their own. Although some of the nonfiction parts of the book weren’t as interesting (in the second half of the book, as Dallaire talks about trying to get agencies to help stop this), I did find myself reading the bibliography at the end for a couple more books to read on the topic. He does repeat himself a bit, but I forgave him that. He is obviously very passionate about what he is trying to do. ( )
  LibraryCin | Apr 9, 2017 |
The best parts of the book are the fictional accounts of the child soldier and the UN peacekeeper. The other parts while true are stylelistically at times flat. The last part could be a charge made to young people fifty years ago. But an introduction to Mr. Dallaire, a man prominent in Canada, but of whom I knew very little about and what he did. ( )
  charlie68 | Dec 15, 2013 |
Dallaire uses a blend of semi-fictionalized accounts, interviews, researched facts, and logic to make a compelling case for a global effort to stop using child soldiers. He analyses the recruitment,training or indoctrination, and uses of children as weapons, fighters, pack horses, spies, and sex slaves in military and guerrilla warfare around the globe. He also explores the complicated challenge of disarming, demobilizing, reintegrating and helping these children. The need for systemic, concentrated efforts is massive. What an impassioned plea for awareness and action. ( )
  HelenGress | Jun 3, 2013 |
Romeo Dallaire is very well-known in Canada. This retired Lieutenant-General was part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda in the 90’s and is now an author, senator and humanitarian. In this book, he writes about his experiences with child soldiers and his continuing mission to eradicate this abhorrent practice.

There were a few aspects of the book that I did not like. Dallaire included a couple of fictional excerpts based on the experiences of a child soldier and a peacekeeper. These seemed out of place and I am surmising that Dallaire inserted them to help us better visualize the situation and share the feelings of the people involved. However, I have no doubts that any of the real-life stories he could tell us would be even more poignant and disturbing.

The chapters seem to oscillate between presentations of the cold hard facts and emotional appeals. The final chapter is a lengthy and impassioned plea to young people. Dallaire asks them not to give up hope but to consider what each of them can do to change the world for the better. Reading it made me realize that the entire book sounds much like a mix of conference presentations and inspirational speeches. I could imagine Dallaire making a huge impact speaking live, but something seems lost when his thoughts are put into writing. Also, there seemed to be an excessive amount of time spent on telling us what most of us already know or suspect, such as: humanitarian NGOs and the military have different points-of-view and have difficulty working together.

Despite these criticisms, I would still recommend this book, if only so that people spend some time contemplating this difficult and important issue that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves in the media. It is particularly interesting to read about this problem from the point-of-view of a high-ranking military official. Usually, books about such issues are written by members of humanitarian organizations. It is not uncommon for civilians to think of military people as cold, aloof, and desensitized to the atrocities of war, but Dallaire does not fit this stereotype and shows, on the contrary, how devastating encounters with child soldiers are for adult peacekeepers. Indeed, it would be a very good thing if military leaders around the world looked at these issues as thoughtfully and comprehensively as he does. ( )
  mathgirl40 | Apr 12, 2012 |
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