RT Book
T1 Small arms: children and terrorism
A1 Bloom, Mia 1968-
A1 Horgan, John 1974-
LA English
PP Ithaca London
PB Cornell University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/102980477X
AB Why do terrorist organizations use children to support their cause and carry out their activities? Small Arms uncovers the brutal truth behind the mobilization of children by terrorist groups.  Mia Bloom and John Horgan show us the grim underbelly of society that allows and even encourages the use of children to conduct terrorist activities. They provide readers with the who, what, when, why, and how of this increasingly concerning situation, illuminating a phenomenon that to most of us seems abhorrent. And yet, they argue, for terrorist groups the use of children carries many benefits. Children possess skills that adults lack. They often bring innovation and creativity. Children are, in fact, a superb demographic from which to recruit if you are a terrorist. Small Arms answers questions about recruitment strategies and tactics, determines what makes a child terrorist and what makes him or her different from an adult one, and charts the ways in which organizations use them. The unconventional focus on child and youth militants allows the authors to, in essence, give us a biography of the child terrorist and the organizations that use them. We are taken inside the mind of the adult and the child to witness that which perhaps most scares us.
NO Literaturangaben, Register
CN HV6433.I742
SN 9780801453885
K1 Child terrorists : Islamic countries
K1 Child suicide bombers : Islamic countries
K1 Children and terrorism : Islamic countries
K1 Terrorismus
K1 Terrorist
K1 Kind
K1 Soldat
K1 Rekrutierung
K1 Militär
K1 Sozialisation
K1 Gewalt
K1 Religion
K1 Dschihadismus
K1 Militanz
K1 Islam
K1 Islamische Staaten
K1 Islamische Staaten : Kind : Selbstmordattentäter : Terrorismus