genocide

Examines the violent consequences of Communist revolution in Cambodia in the late 1970s and the occupation of East Timor by Indonesian forces from 1975-1999, chronicling indigenous resistance to genocide and extermination; efforts at cover-ups, international interventions, and UN conflict resolution; and the role of U.S. policymakers in both cases.

Chronicles the six-year grassroots campaign to bring global attention to the mass atrocity in Darfur, describing how college students, celebrities, politicians, and everyday citizens are trying to stop the killings that are taking place in the region and save its people.

Chronicles thirty years of conflict in Cambodia, describing how the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity have impacted the region and its people.

Examines the ineffectual justice systems in Yugoslavia, the Republic of Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Sudan, and Uganda; where rulings from the International Criminal Court have caused additional hardships for the people they intended to aid.

A study of S-21, a secret facility in Phnom Penh where enemies of the Khmer Rouge regime were interrogated, tortured, imprisoned, and executed for alleged counterrevolutionary crimes.

Tells the story of the genocide that occurred in East Timor after the half-island was invaded by Indonesia in 1975, and the violence that erupted again in 1999 when the population voted for independence from Indonesia, assesses the politics and history behind the events, and argues that armed intervention supported by the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom was the key to averting a second genocide in 1999.

Combines first-person accounts, scholarly analysis, and narratives to examine the causes and ramifications of genocide in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The author, having led thirty convoys of food, medicine, and other supplies into Bosnia between 1992 and 1996, writes a fictionalized account of the tragedy of the war as seen through the eyes of a child.

A collection of true stories that help profile the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 after the government demanded that all Tutsi people be killed.

Actor Don Cheadle and activist John Prendergast share stories of their visits to Darfur and other war zones in Africa and examine the genocide that has been occurring in the region as well as efforts to stop the atrocities. Offers six strategies for readers to help bring about change.