![]() For one, both men served in the military – de Saint-Exupéry in the French Air Force, Dallaire in the Canadian Army and, later, as force commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). ![]() ![]() The parallels between the authors do not end with their books. Dallaire’s muse makes a patent impression on They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children : 2 war is an adult matter, and child soldiers who find themselves fighting in one are (in Dallaire’s largely autobiographical and partly fictional account) as bewildered as the Little Prince when confronted with the unintelligible preoccupations of grown-ups. Introduction As inspiration for his manifesto on “the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers,” Roméo Dallaire draws from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince 1 – the classic, illustrated novella apparently written for children yet treasured by adults. Oxford University Press, New York, NY 2012, 239 pp. Drumbl, Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy. Roméo Dallaire, They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children. ![]() Drumbl Book review: They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, written by Roméo Dallaire Book. Book review: They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, written by Roméo Dallaire Book review: Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy, written by Mark A. ![]()
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