atrocities

Ties the teaching of the Holocaust to an analysis of the genocides in Armenia, Bosnia and Kosovo, and Rwanda; and examines representations of the Holocaust in literature, film, and the arts.

The author, a political officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1993 to 1994, shares his opinions about the United Nations' failure to intervene in the Rwandan genocide, and argues that the bureaucratic culture of the organization allowed the U.N. to ignore its ethical commitment to try to stop the killings.

British novelist Martin Amis describes the harsh realities--including slave labor and famine--of the Soviet Union in the early and mid-twentieth century, and examines the beliefs of Communist apologists of the West, including his father and his own peers at Oxford.

Study of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia under the leadership of Pol Pot, discussing the virtual kidnapping of the entire nation of Cambodia, and drawing upon archives and interviews with survivors inside and outside the country to document the atrocities that took place between 1975 and 1979 resulting in the deaths of over one million Cambodians.

Presents the stories and artwork of children from Bosnia, Israel, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland who have witnessed atrocities in their wartorn homelands.

Loung Ung, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official in Phnom Penh, tells of her experiences after her family was forced to flee from Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army, discussing her training as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, and telling of how her surviving siblings were eventually reunited.

A collection of true stories recounting the history, hopes, fears, and resilience of dozens of Darfurians who survived the violence of the 2003 rebellion against the Sudanese government.

Hoping to understand the sentient race of mechanical beings known as Reapers, the Illusive Man, leader of the pro-human organization Cerberus, seeks out a former Cerberus agent implanted with Reaper technology. When the man's companion, Kahlee Sanders, realizes he has gone missing, she seeks out Alliance war hero David Anderson to help her find out where he is being held.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge revolution of the late 1970s, the brutal leadership of Pol Pot and his racist and totalitarian policies, and the struggle of the United Nations to bring order to this devastated country.