Child soldiers: Sierra Leone's revolutionary united front

Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone'S Revolutionary United Front

Volumn 9780521872249, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-234

  Denov, Myriam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676475     Document Type: Book

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