Child combatants in northern Uganda: Reintegration myths and realities

Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 103-125

  Blattman, Christopher ^a   Annan, Jeannie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350521480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886915     Document Type: Chapter

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