What is the central idea of a long way gone by ishmael beah?

"A Long Way Gone" is a plea for understanding a political and social climate which allows innocent children to become killers. More than that, it is an attempt to move readers to action, essentially asking them to find ways to end the abhorrent tragedies occurring not just on the African continent, but all over the world. 

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