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Schoolchildren as Propaganda Tools in the War on Terror
Sonja C. Grover
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Description for Schoolchildren as Propaganda Tools in the War on Terror
Hardback. This book explores the ways in which both sides in the so-called 'war on terror' use schoolchildren as tools of propaganda even as they put those children's security at grave risk. It argues that secure schooling free from violence is a right too often absent. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JNK; JPA; LAM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 597.
This book explores in what ways both sides involved in the so-called war on terror are using schoolchildren as propaganda tools while putting the children's security at grave risk. The book explores how terrorists use attacks on education to attempt to destabilize the government while the government and the international aid community use increases in school attendance as an ostensible index of largely illusory progress in the overall security situation and in development. The book challenges the notion that unoccupied civilian schools are not entitled under the law of armed conflict to a high standard of protection which prohibits their ... Read more
This book explores in what ways both sides involved in the so-called war on terror are using schoolchildren as propaganda tools while putting the children's security at grave risk. The book explores how terrorists use attacks on education to attempt to destabilize the government while the government and the international aid community use increases in school attendance as an ostensible index of largely illusory progress in the overall security situation and in development. The book challenges the notion that unoccupied civilian schools are not entitled under the law of armed conflict to a high standard of protection which prohibits their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642178993
SKU
V9783642178993
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Ref
99-15
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