genocide

Challenges the claims of anthropologists Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot that the lives of the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil are characterized by violence and sexual depravity, and examines the roles these anthropologists and others may have played in corrupting these people.

A collection of maps, pictures, and primary text materials drawn together with a narrative describing parts of the Holocaust.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the events that led to the violence in Burundi in 1972 and 1988, and discusses the political conflicts between the Hutu and the Tutsi peoples.

Former "Christian Science Monitor" correspondent Robert Press chronicles the experiences he had while traveling in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa.

Explores the connection of genocide to revolution and war, looking at examples from throughout world history, focusing on the destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and Jews in Imperial Germany.

Examines the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of nearly five hundred thousand Tutsis and challenges the claims that UN peacekeepers could have prevented the killing had they not withdrawn.

Examines the political, economic, and cultural factors that led to the 2004 Darfur crisis in Western Sudan, during which Arab Janjaweed militias engaged in a campaign of violence against the residents of Western Sudan.

Examines the genocide and human rights violations committed by the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s, why it took eighteen years for the UN to recognize the crimes, and the history of trying to bring the Khmer Rouge to justice in Cambodia.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and the impact it has had on the region, discussing how the genocide originated and how the Rwandan people are recovering.