Children and Political Violence

"Drawing on contemporary research on children in townships, refugee camps, settlements, urban ghettos, and other settings, as well as studies of young wartime survivors of the Holocaust and the British bombardment, Cairns synthesizes what is known and highlights what remains unknown about the consequences for children of the violence they observe and experience ... the author offers a provocative heuristic analysis that both synthesizes existing knowledge and frames important questions for further study." Contemporary Psychology

"This book presents a valuable comprehensive review and critique of the research literature relating to the effects of political violence on children." Morton Deutsch, Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University