The Child Soldiers of Africa's Red Army: The Role of Social Process and Routinised Violence in South Sudan's Military

ISBN-13: 9780367742607 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 226 str.

Carol Berger

Opis

Drawing on accounts of South Sudanese who as children and teenagers were part of the Red Army - the youth wing of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army - as well as interviews with several of the original commanders, this book examines the role of social process and routinised violence in the use of underaged soldiers during Sudan’s civil war.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Use of Child Soldiers in South Sudan  2. Building the Red Army  3. The Red Army in Cuba: Plantation Labourers and ‘Vanguard’ of the SPLA  4. Nightshift at the Slaughterhouse  5. The ‘Cubans’  6. Post-war Status of Red Army Veterans  7. Mathiang Anyoor: The ‘Third Wave’ of Child Soldiers