David M. Rosen is an American anthropologist. Rosen holds a J.D. from

Pace University School of Law The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York, is the law school of Pace University, a private university with multiple locations in New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA ...

and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

. He is Professor of Anthropology, at

Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University () is a private university with its main campuses in New Jersey, located in Madison / Florham Park and in Teaneck / Hackensack. Founded in 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University offers more than 100 degree prog ...

. He lived in

Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. The town is know for their pancake throwing contest held ...

and now resides in

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

. Rosen's book, ''Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism'', garnered considerable public attention. The book discusses three case studies: Jewish children fighting the Germans in World War II, child soldiers in Sierra Leone, and Palestinian child fighters both in the 1930s and 1940s and during the

First Intifada The First Intifada (), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada, was a sustained series of Nonviolent resistance, non-violent protests, acts of civil disobedience, Riot, riots, and Terrorism, terrorist attacks carried out by Palestinians ...

, in the context of political theories about the ethics of children becoming soldiers. Rosen was active in the campaign against

blood diamond Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, terrorism, or a warlord's activity. The term is u ...

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'', May 13, 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, David M. Living people University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni American anthropologists Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty Pace University School of Law alumni People from Teaneck, New Jersey University of Illinois alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Jewish anthropologists