The War and Rehab

Beah spent little time talking about the war while he was there, but made many references to it later on. I found this peculiar. My guess though is that when he was a boy soldier, every raid seemed to be the same except when a unusual event occurred. I was hoping to get a firsthand account of every battle, trying to understand the life of a boy soldier. Beah does however accomplish this with very little effort, due to the fact that after his first battle I could tell exactly what horrors they experienced. I don't understand how they could learn to love such fighting.  The mass amounts of drugs that they took probably lessened there reaction to everything. Beah's writing style is very intriguing since he did almost everything expected without completing a more traditional approach.
The rehab program seemed to be poorly done. Every time  Beah mentions the rehab, he makes it sound weak and puny. The boys repeatedly break out, hurt others, and push the limits. Once everyone started running away to the city, they just tried to let them go in a more orderly manner. I feel bad for the people who had to run this rehabilitation center. They kept getting hurt and made fun of. The program probably would have been better if they had done it in a more military fashion. It should have been like boot camp. Give them a strict military commander who makes them do ridiculous drills, duties, and exercises until they are beat mentally. Then after they start to recover slightly from all the work, find a way to build them up as men. It seemed that Beah's rehab should have been done quicker and much more efficiently.