They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780802779762
ISBN-13 : 080277976X
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children by : Roméo Dallaire

"It is my hope that through the pages of this remarkable book, you will discover groundbreaking thoughts on building partnerships and networks to enhance the global movement to end child soldiering; you will gain new and holistic insights on what constitutes a child soldier; you will learn more about girl soldiers, who have not been fully considered in the discussion of this issue; you will discover methods on how to influence national policies and the training of security forces; and you will find practical steps that will foster better coordination between security forces and humanitarian efforts."-Ishmael Beah As the leader of the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda, Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire came face-to-face with the horrifying reality of child soldiers during the genocide of 1994. Since then the incidence of child soldiers has proliferated in conflicts around the world: they are cheap, plentiful, expendable, with an incredible capacity, once drugged and brainwashed, for both loyalty and barbarism. The dilemma of the adult soldier who faces them is poignantly expressed in this 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. Where Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone gave us wrenching testimony of the devastating experience of being a child soldier, Dallaire offers intellectually daring and enlightened approaches to the child soldier phenomenon, and insightful, empowering solutions to eradicate it.

Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott
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Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9780700621064
ISBN-13 : 0700621067
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Winfield Scott by : Timothy D. Johnson

One of the most important public figures in antebellum America, Winfield Scott is known today more for his swagger than his sword. "Old Fuss-and-Feathers" was a brilliant military commander whose tactics and strategy were innovative adaptations from European military theory; yet he was often underappreciated by his contemporaries and until recently overlooked by historians. While John Eisenhower's recent Agent of Destiny provides a solid summary of Scott's remarkable life, Timothy D. Johnson's much deeper critical exploration of this flawed genius should become the standard work. Thoroughly grounded in an essential understanding of nineteenth-century military professionalism, it draws extensively on unpublished sources in order to reveal neglected aspects of Scott's life, present a more complete view of his career, and accurately balance criticism and praise. Johnson dramatically relates the key features of Scott's career: how he led troops to victory in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, fought against the Seminoles and Creeks, and was instrumental in professionalizing the U.S. Army, which he commanded for two decades. He also tells how Scott tried to introduce French methods into army tactical manuals, and how he applied his study of the Napoleonic Wars during the Mexico City Campaign but found European strategy of little use against Indians. Johnson further suggests that Scott's creation of an officer corps that boasted Grant, Lee, McClellan and other veterans of the Mexican War raises important questions about his influence on Civil War generalship. More than a military history, this book tells how Scott's aristocratic pretensions placed him at odds with emerging notions of equality in Jacksonian America and made him an unappealing politician in his bid for the presidency. Johnson not only recounts the facets of Scott's personality that alienated nearly everyone who knew him but also reveals the unsavory methods he used to promote his career and the scandalous ways he attempted to relieve his lifelong financial troubles. Although his legendary vanity has tarnished his place among American military leaders, Scott is shown to have possessed great talent and courage. Johnson's biography offers the most balanced portrait available of Scott by never losing sight of the whole man.

Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers
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Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0448418827
ISBN-13 : 9780448418827
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Small Soldiers by : Gavin Scott

The adventures of the Small Soldiers? continue in an original prequel about the Gorgonites and their search for the Gorgon Dimension.

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the Quest for Accountability

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the Quest for Accountability
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9781000022537
ISBN-13 : 1000022536
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the Quest for Accountability by : George Andreopoulos

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have constituted a perennial feature of the security landscape. Yet, it is their involvement in and conduct during the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have transformed the outsourcing of security services into such a pressing public policy and world-order issue. The PMSCs’ ubiquitous presence in armed conflict situations, as well as in post-conflict reconstruction, their diverse list of clients (governments in the developed and developing world, non-state armed groups, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and international corporations) and, in the context of armed conflict situations, involvement in instances of gross misconduct, have raised serious accountability issues. The prominence of PMSCs in conflict zones has generated critical questions concerning the very concept of security and the role of private force, a rethinking of "essential governmental functions," a rearticulation of the distinction between public/private and global/local in the context of the creation of new forms of "security governance," and a consideration of the relevance, as well as limitations, of existing regulatory frameworks that include domestic and international law (in particular international human rights law and international humanitarian law). This book critically examines the growing role of PMSCs in conflict and post-conflict situations, as part of a broader trend towards the outsourcing of security functions. Particular emphasis is placed on key moral, legal, and political considerations involved in the privatization of such functions, on the impact of outsourcing on security governance, and on the main challenges confronting efforts to hold PMSCs accountable through a combination of formal and informal, domestic as well as international, regulatory mechanisms and processes. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, practitioners and advocates for a more transparent and humane security order. This book was published as a special issue of Criminal Justice Ethics.

A Soldier's Duty

A Soldier's Duty
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9781101529294
ISBN-13 : 1101529296
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis A Soldier's Duty by : Jean Johnson

Ia is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran United Planets military with a plan to become a soldier who will inspire generations for the next three hundred years-a soldier history will call Bloody Mary.

Quest for Glory

Quest for Glory
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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781553955412
ISBN-13 : 1553955412
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Quest for Glory by : Gil Parker

A tale of clashing Egos, Arrogance, Power and blind Devotion to Duty during the Vietnam conflict.

The Quest for Prosperity

The Quest for Prosperity
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781783489312
ISBN-13 : 1783489316
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Quest for Prosperity by : Raphael Sassower, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Colorado

This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of them are worthy of retaining? Could others be discarded?

Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation

Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 1845451171
ISBN-13 : 9781845451172
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation by : Helga Nowotny

Chiefly papers presented at a conference held at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen, Germany, in April 2003.

The God in the Moon

The God in the Moon
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0441014224
ISBN-13 : 9780441014224
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The God in the Moon by : Richard A. Knaak

Nermesa Klandes joins the Aquilonian army in hopes of serving his liege, King Conan, until he becomes a hero in his own right after killing a Pictish leader, but his victory is short-lived when he unwittingly unleashes an unholy force that could destroy the Aquilonian Empire. Original.