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Dunson, Donald H.

Child, victim, soldier : the loss of innocence in Uganda / Donald H. Dunson. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2008. - xiii, 145 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / by John Baptist Odama -- Meeting the victims -- The beginnings of the LRA rebellion -- The girls of St. Monica's School : in search of the promises the future holds -- Child soldiers : the youthful faces of war -- The loss of parental love : the irreplaceable treasure -- Chronicles from the war zone -- Kony and Koresh : shocking similarities -- The path to healing : is healing possible for child soldiers? -- Epilogue: Is peace possible? -- Acts of solidarity with child soldiers : observe, judge, act -- Prayer for peace of Pope John Paul II.

ISBN: 9781570757990 (pbk.) 1570757992 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008016458

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kony, Joseph.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Lord's Resistance Army.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children and war--Uganda.
Child soldiers--Uganda.
Children and violence--Uganda.
Political violence--Uganda.
Psychic trauma in children--Uganda.
Children--Social conditions.--Uganda

LC Class. No.: HQ784.W3 / D85 2008