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Robert Tynes is a former journalist and an academic who has studied African politics and the use of child soldiers by various groups. I spoke to him about his new book on the subject.
1:20 – Robert Tynes talks about how he got into the study of child soldiers. He lived in Kenya for a few months and became interested in African politics.
4:21 – Robert talks about what is considered a child and what is considered a soldier for this study.
10:00 – Robert talks about the book and what it discusses.
13:02 – Robert talks about Mao’s ideas of protracted war and how it connects to child soldiers.
14:30 – He mentions the Hitler Youth groups and how that connects to protracted war.
19:40 – Robert talks about how ISIS, Al-Shabab, and Boko Haram use child soldiers.
28:46 – Robert talks about how he collected his data for the research.
39:20 – Robert talks about Libyan training camps for children.
49:00 – We talk about science fiction looks at how children are used in war.
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Guests: Robert Tynes
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Africa, Lords resistance Army, RUF, ISIS, Al-Shabab, Boko Harum, children, Hitler Youth, Mao, tactics