2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Ishmael Beah's 2007 memoir of being recruited as a child soldier in Sierra Leone's civil war at age 12 — his experiences of violence and rehabilitation — the most widely read account of child soldier experience.
Sierra Leonean-American author — former child soldier — author of A Long Way Gone (memoir) and Radiance of Tomorrow — whose memoir of being a child soldier in Sierra Leone is the most widely read firsthand account of child soldiers.