They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
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Author | Roméo Dallaire |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Random House: Hutchinson, Cornerstone. Bloomsbury Publishing: Walker & Company |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 978-0-09-179632-7 |
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children is a non-fiction book by the Canadian politician and former general Romeo Dallaire (and Jessica Dee Humphreys) about the child-soldier phenomenon.[1] The book contains a foreword by Ishmael Beah, an ex child soldier and author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
It was a finalist for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 2011.[2]
The book was adapted into the television documentary film Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children by Patrick Reed in 2012.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Emily Donaldson, "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers". Quill & Quire, November 2010.
- ^ "Sen. Roméo Dallaire nominated for Quebec book award". CBC News, October 7, 2011.
- ^ Robert Bell, "Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children". Exclaim!, April 26, 2013.