Are 'child soldiers' in Sierra Leone a new phenomenon?

African Social Studies Series

Volumn 24, Issue , 2010, Pages 297-321

  Shepler, Susan ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942087696     PISSN: 15681203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004190009.i-375.116     Document Type: Review

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