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