genocide

When soldiers arrive in his hometown in Cambodia, Arn Chorn Pond is separated from his family and sent to a labor camp, where he works in the rice paddies until he volunteers to learn to play an instrument--a decision that both saves his life and lands him in battle.

Discusses the modern history of Rwanda, the violent events and single-party politics that led to the genocide in 1994, and the after effects in the country as the remaining ninety percent of Rwandans struggled to survive, and includes a timeline and glossary.

Explores the process of genocide by examining the genocides of six different groups of people, the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, the Jews of Europe, the Cambodians, the Tutsis of Rwanda, the Muslims of Bosnia, and the Darfur tribes of Sudan, focusing on the human aspects of genocide that are often overlooked.

Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between January 1942 to June 1943.

Presents an overview of the crisis in Darfur and the systematic slaughter of the people by the Sudanese army and militia bands called the janjaweed; and examines the causes of the conflicts and efforts by the international community to bring the violence to an end.

Recounts Holocausts from around the world illustrating what biases and prejudices can lead to.

The author relates his experiences speaking and traveling with an African refugee named Deo, who escaped genocide and earned his doctorate degree in medicine from Columbia Universtity, to Burundi, where Deo built a hospital and reflected on the many deaths in the region.

Follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes.

Presents a study of the Armenian genocide which began in the 1890s when Sultan Abdul Hamid II ordered the massacre of Armenians, and which recurred in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, and discusses the American response to the crisis and its implications for genocides in the twenty-first century.

Explores why the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide, focusing on the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide.