Small Arms : Children and Terrorism / Mia Bloom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloom, Mia, author.

Contributor:

Horgan, John.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children and terrorism--Islamic countries.

Children and terrorism.

Child suicide bombers--Islamic countries.

Child suicide bombers.

Child terrorists--Islamic countries.

Child terrorists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. What Is a Child?

2. Child Soldiers versus Children in Terrorist Groups

3. Learning to Hate: Socialization and Cultural Influences

4. Pathways to Involvement: Coercion

5. Pathways to Involvement: Consensus and Cultures of Martyrdom

6. Experiences, Apprenticeships, and Careers in Terror

7. Leaving Terrorism Behind

8. An End or a New Beginning?

Notes

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781501709425

1501709429

OCLC:

1091029537