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Old 04-01-2007, 12:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Looking for a book - a South African soldier's story

I caught a brief interview with an ex child soldier from one of the SA militias. He's since moved to the US and wrote (or co-wrote) a book about their indoctrination and crazy daily lives. I'd swear it was titled something like "heart of a soldier", but my Amazon searches have failed miserably. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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Old 04-02-2007, 10:53 AM   #2 (permalink)
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah?

http://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Gone-...5539928&sr=8-1
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Old 04-02-2007, 11:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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That's it. Excellent. Thanks!
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Old 04-02-2007, 02:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
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You can (or at least you recently could) get that book at most Starbuck's stores.
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