Genocide

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History.com Holocaust Museum - Houston United States Holocaust Museum Amnesty International; Bosnia & Herzegovina Human Rights The Rohde to Srebrenica; A Case Study of Human Rights Reporting || Cambodia

World Without Genocide Genocide Watch PBS Frontline Yale; The Cambodian Genocide Project ||
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Human Rights Council The Guardian; Rwanda, World News Peace Pledge Union; Rwanda BBC: Rwanda, How the Genocide Happened ||
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Human Rights Watch/Student Task Force Amnesty International Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch Peace Pledge Union World Without Genocide ||

Here are some of the books you can find in our library:

 * 303.6 KRE || Kressel, Neil Jeffrey. __Mass hate : the global rise of genocide and terror.__ New York : Plenum Press, c1996.

An investigative look at the causes of genocide and terrorism and methods to recognize their rise and how to combat them. ||
 * 304.6 SPR || Springer, Jane. __Genocide.__ Toronto ; : Groundwood Books :, c2006.

Examines the definition of "genocide"; the response of governments and the United Nations to genocide; and genocide prevention; and presents case histories. ||
 * 323.1 CIM || Ciment, James. __The Kurds : state and minority in Turkey, Iraq and Iran.__ New York : Facts on File, c1996.

Surveys the history of the Kurdish struggle for national autonomy or independence, with discussion of their culture, political infighting, and subjection to political repression and mass murder. ||
 * 364.15 ALT || Altman, Linda Jacobs, 1943-. __Genocide : the systematic killing of a people.__ Springfield, N.J. : Enslow, c1995.

Looks at examples of genocide throughout history, including mass killings of people in Nazi Germany, Turkey, the Ukraine, Cambodia, Somalia, Rowanda, and of Native Americans in the U.S. ||
 * 364.15 GOU || Gourevitch, Philip, 1961-. __We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families : stories from Rwanda.__ 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.

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. ||
 * 364.15 PER || Perl, Lila. __Genocide : stand by or intervene?__ New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.

Genocide victims during the world wars : the Armenians and the Jews -- Genocide behind a wall of silence : Cambodia's killing fields -- Genocide in Rwanda : Tutsi slaughter by the Hutu -- Genocide in the former Yugoslavia : destroying Bosnia's muslims -- Darfur and the consequences of the previous genocides. Traces the history of genocide, examining instances from biblical times to the early twenty-first century, and discusses whether the governments and citizens of other countries should get involved. ||
 * 909 WOO || Woolf, Alex, 1964-. __A short history of the world.__ Enderby : Arcturus, 2008. ||
 * 921 BED || Bedoukian, Kerop, 1907-. __Some of us survived : the story of an Armenian boy.__ 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, 1979.

The author describes his childhood experiences during the massacres of the Armenians by the Turks during the first World War. ||
 * 947.56 DHI || Dhilawala, Sakina, 1964-. __Armenia.__ Reference ed. New York : M. Cavendish, 1997.

Discusses the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and religion of the republic atop the Armenian Plateau in the Caucausus Mountains. ||
 * 949.6 JUD || Judah, Tim, 1962-. __The Serbs : history, myth, and the destruction of Yugoslavia.__ New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.

Discusses the history of the Serbian people from the Middle Ages through 1997, analyzing the actions and beliefs of contemporary Serbs and the events that led to the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia in 1991. ||
 * 949.6 MAR || Marcovitz, Hal. __The Balkans : people in conflict.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2002.

Death of the tiger -- The Field of Blackbirds -- Little Lenin -- Sarajevo -- A hurricane of violence -- Only freedom -- Arrest. Chronicles the history of the Balkans, discussing how the region played a major role in both World Wars, how its leaders have affected world politics, and how the Balkan people have reacted to its history of conflict. ||
 * 949.7 FIR || Fireside, Harvey. __Young people from Bosnia talk about war.__ Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1996.

Gives a brief description of the conflict in Bosnia, including several personal stories of tragedy told by the young people who lived through them. ||
 * 949.702 MOJ || Mojzes, Paul. __Yugoslavian inferno : ethnoreligious warfare in the Balkans.__ New York : Continuum, c1994.

An analysis of the civil war in Yugosalvia which began with the demise of communist rule and the influence that religion has had on the conflict. ||
 * 949.74 BLA || Black, Eric. __Bosnia : fractured region.__ Minneapolis, Minn. : Lerner Publications, c1999.

Describes the history of the ethnic conflict in Bosnia, including current issues. ||
 * 949.74 YAN || Yancey, Diane. __Life in war-torn Bosnia.__ San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, c1996.

Examines life in Bosnia before communism, under Tito's rule, and under present conditions of war. ||
 * 949.742 KIN || King, David C. __Bosnia and Herzegovina.__ New York : Benchmark Books, c2005.

Geography -- History -- Government -- Economy -- Environment -- Bosnians -- Lifestyle -- Religion -- Language -- Arts -- Leisure -- Festivals -- Food -- Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- About the economy -- About the culture -- Time line. A photo-illustrated overview of Bosnian and Herzegovinian culture that covers the country's geography, history, government, economy, environment, people, lifestyle, religions, languages, arts, leisure activities, festivals, and foods, and includes maps, time line, glossary, and further reading list. ||
 * 956.91 MUL || Mulloy, Martin. __Syria.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1999.

Explores the people, history, culture, land, climate, and economy of Syria, a battleground of empires and a country still in the early stages of independence. ||
 * 959.6 CAN || Canesso, Claudia. __Cambodia.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [1997], c1999.

An overview of the history, geography, economy, government, people, and culture of Cambodia. ||
 * 959.6 GRE || Greenblatt, Miriam. __Cambodia.__ Chicago : Childrens Press, 1995.

Discusses the geography, history, people, economy, and customs of the country of Cambodia, part of the Indochinese Peninsula of Southeast Asia. ||
 * 959.6 KAM || Kamm, Henry. __Cambodia : report from a stricken land.__ 1st ed. New York : Arcade Pub., c1998.

Chronicles the history of Cambodia from 1970 to the late 1990s; includes information on the major social and political developments that have changed the country. ||
 * 959.6 SHE || Sheehan, Sean, 1951-. __Cambodia.__ Reference ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish, 1997.

Describes the geography, history, government, economy, culture, and people of Cambodia. ||
 * 959.60 UNG || Ung, Loung. __First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers.__ 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2000.

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. ||
 * 959.604 KIE || Kiernan, Ben. __The Pol Pot regime : race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79.__ New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.

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. ||
 * 962.4 BIX || Bixler, Mark, 1970-. __The lost boys of Sudan : an American story of the refugee experience.__ Athens [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press, c2005.

Landing -- Bread in the dishwasher -- The spoiling of the world -- A bitter wind -- Selective compassion -- The level of responsible people -- Are y'all resettling any of these guys? -- Body language in the workplace -- September 11, 2001 -- Chasing the wind -- Can you name your sisters? -- This is your future -- Driving -- Don't get obsessed -- Peace? -- Gentlemen of the future. Presents an account of four Sudanese refugees, resettled in Atlanta, Georgia, and describes their plight as they leave their war ravaged homeland and attempt to make a new life in America. ||
 * 962.4 LEV || Levy, Patricia Marjorie, 1951-. __Sudan.__ Reference ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish, 1997.

Examines the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of the war-torn country where the African and Arab worlds mingle. ||
 * 962.4 ROD || Roddis, Ingrid. __Sudan.__ Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.

Surveys the history, topography, government, people, and culture of Sudan. ||
 * 962.7 CHE || Cheadle, Don. __Not on our watch : the mission to end genocide in Darfur and beyond.__ 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2007.

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. ||
 * 967.57 NAR || Nardo, Don, 1947-. __The Rwandan genocide.__ Detroit : Lucent Books, c2011.

Introduction: A crime like no other -- Rwanda before the genocide -- The roots of hatred -- Power, planning, and propaganda -- The butchery begins -- The genocide at its height -- A hopeful future for all. An exploration of the Rwandan genocide that provides a brief overview of the history of the country and discusses causes, propaganda, significant events and individuals, refugees, and other related topics. ||
 * 967.57 POM || Pomeray, J. K. __Rwanda.__ Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000.

An overview of the history, geography, economy, government, people, and culture of the African nation of Rwanda. ||
 * 967.57 RWA || __The Rwandan genocide.__ 1st ed. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.

Examines the events surrounding the Rwandan genocide, explores the reactions of countries around the world, discusses its lasting impact on the region and its people, and addresses what could have been done to stop or prevent the violence. ||
 * 967.57 TWA || Twagilimana, Aimable. __Hutu and Tutsi.__ 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1998.

Surveys the culture, history, and contemporary life of the two groups involved in the tragic civil war in Rwanda, the Hutu and the Tutsi. ||
 * 967.571 PRU || Prunier, Gérard. __The Rwanda crisis : history of a genocide.__ New York : Columbia University Press, c1995.

Provides a historical perspective on the African nation of Rwanda in an effort to explain the events that led to the massacre of 800,000 of its citizens and subsequent cholera epidemic and refugee crisis. ||
 * 972.81 HAY || Haynes, Tricia. __Guatemala.__ Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c1999.

Describes the geography, climate, people, transportation systems, government, and economy of this Central American country often called the "Land of Eternal Spring.". ||
 * 972.81 SHE || Sheehan, Sean, 1951-. __Guatemala.__ Reference ed. New York : M. Cavendish, 1998.

Introduces the geography, history, religion, government, economy, and culture of one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. ||
 * 973 TEE || __Teenage refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina speak out.__ Rev. ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1997.

Describes the lives of eight teenagers from Bosnia-Herzegovinia telling why they left their homeland and how they adapted to life in the United States. ||
 * 973 TEE || __Teenage refugees from Cambodia speak out.__ 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1995.

Describes the lives of six teenagers from Cambodia, why they left their homeland, and how they adapted to life in the United States. ||
 * 973.04 HUS || Hussein, Ikram. __Teenage refugees from Somalia speak out.__ New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1997.

Ayan : long journey to the United States -- Ali : I want to start my life again -- Nacima : I will never forget my culture -- Amina : peace will never come to my country -- Mohamud : there were good times -- Nimco : I am not homesick anymore -- Abdi : the simpler things in life. Teenagers from Somalia describe the conditions in their war-torn and famine-stricken country and their experiences since coming to live in the United States and Canada. ||
 * e304.6 POW || Power, Samantha. __A problem from hell : America and the age of genocide.__ New York : Basic Books, c2002.

Explores how past American presidents have failed to stop genocide in other countries, describes the U.S. response to genocide since the Holocaust, and explains how current policy can be improved to prevent future killings. ||
 * REF 909.82 GRE || __Great events, 1900-2001.__ Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2002.

Contains chronologically arranged articles that provide information about significant events and scientific achievements throughout the world from 1900 through 1920, covering sixty broad categories including agriculture, health, law, communications, and entertainment. ||
 * REF 909.82 GRE || __Great events, 1900-2001.__ Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2002.

Contains chronologically arranged articles that provide information about significant events and scientific achievements throughout the world from 1984 through 1993, covering sixty broad categories including agriculture, health, law, communications, and entertainment. ||
 * REF 909.82 GRE || __Great events, 1900-2001.__ Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2002.

Contains chronologically arranged articles that provide information about significant events and scientific achievements throughout the world from 1993 through 1998, covering sixty broad categories including agriculture, health, law, communications, and entertainment. ||
 * REF 909.82 GRE || __Great events, 1900-2001.__ Rev. ed. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2002.

Contains chronologically arranged articles that provide information about significant events and scientific achievements around the world from 1998 through 2001, covering sixty broad categories including agriculture, health, law, communications, and entertainment. Includes a time line, and category, geographical, personages, and subject indexes. ||
 * REF 909.82 TEE || Teed, Peter. __A dictionary of twentieth century history : 1914-1990.__ Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 1992.

Presents in concise format the most historically significant features of the 20th century, from the outbreak of WWI to the end of 1990. ||
 * REF 910 WOR || __Worldmark chronology of the nations.__ Farmington Hills, MI. : The Gale Group ;, 1999.

Brief, concise, and comprehensive history of the nations of the world. ||
 * REF 947 CAM || __The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union.__ 2nd ed. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Provides information about history, geography, population, religions, arts, science, daily life, sports and recreation, as well as the political, social, economic and military structure. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.__ [S.l.] : MacMillan, 2004. ||
 * || __Ethnic cleansing.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2008-. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2008-. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2010-. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2010-. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2010-. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007. ||
 * || __Iraq.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2010-. ||
 * || __Rwanda genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2008-. ||
 * || __Rwandan Genocide.__ Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2010-. ||
 * || __The Holocaust.__

chapter 1. The history of the Holocaust -- chapter 2. Controversies and perspectives -- chapter 3. Personal narratives. Examines the origins of the Holocaust, the means by which Nazi Germany carried it out, and some of the debates it has inspired. ||
 * || __Rogue nations.__ Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2006.

What rogue nations pose a serious threat? -- Iran poses a serious threat / Ilan Berman -- Iranian threat is overstated / Dariush Zahedi, Omid Memarian -- North Korea threatens international security / Bruce Bennett -- North Korean threat is a myth / Carlton Meyer -- Syria poses a threat / Ileana Ros-Lehtinen -- Pakistan threatens nuclear security / Graham Allison -- United States is a dangerous rogue / Edward Herman -- What threats do rogue nations pose? -- Rogue nations pose a serious nuclear threat / John R. Bolton -- Rogue nuclear threat is a reaction to western aggression / Mario Basini -- Rogue nations support terrorism / Yoram Schweitzer -- Terrorists are stateless martyrs / Benjamin R. Barber -- Rogue nations threaten international peace / World Peace Foundation -- United States threatens international peace / Francis A. Boyle. How do rogue nations threaten human rights? -- North Korea represses freedom / Kay Seok -- Iran violates women's rights / Sam Brownback -- Sudanese government engages in genocide / Human Rights Watch -- United States violates human rights worldwide / Vernon Coleman -- Rogue nations undermine the United Nations' mission to promote human rights / Joseph Loconte -- U.S. invasions have not spread democracy in the Middle East / Phyllis Bennis -- How should the global community respond to rogue nations? -- Preemptive force is sometimes necessary to contain rogue nations / National Review -- Preemptive force threatens efforts to contain rogue states / Ivan Eland -- Missile defense system is necessary to protect against rogue nations / Dennis Ross -- Missile defense system is unnecessary / Gwynne Dyer -- Promoting globalization will reduce the threat posed by rogue states / Banning N. Garrett, Dennis M. Sherman -- Globalization threatens global security / Arthur L. Dunklin. ||
 * || __Genocide.__ Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012.

ch 1. Recognizing and defining genocide -- ch 2. Contemporary accounts of genocide -- ch 3. Preventing and prosecuting genocide -- ch 4. The legacy of genocide. Examines the issue of genocide from a variety of international perspectives. ||
 * || __Darfur.__

chapter 1. Historical background on mass atrocities in Darfur -- 1. War and human rights abuses are reported in Darfur / International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur -- 2. Powell calls Sudan killings genocide / CNN.com -- 3. Israel to block new refugees from Darfur / Ellen Knickmeyer -- 4. The ICC issues an arrest warrant against the president of Sudan / Xan Rice -- 5. Neither all-out war nor a proper peace / The Economist -- 6. The humanitarian situation in Darfur / IRIN -- chapter 2. Controversies surrounding mass atrocities in Darfur -- 1. Darfur is a genocide / Salih Booker and Ann-Louise Colgan -- 2. Darfur is not a genocide / Jonathan Steele -- 3. The arrest warrant for the Sudanese president strengthened international justice / Andrew G. Reiter -- 4. The arrest warrant for the Sudanese president was seriously flawed / Antonio Cassese -- 5. The conflict in Darfur is rooted in longstanding ethnic and religious differences / Usman A. Tar -- 6. Global warming caused the conflict in Darfur / Stephan Faris -- 7. Climate change - only one cause among many in Darfur / IRIN -- chapter 3. Personal narratives -- 1. Surviving Darfur, an African doctor's memoir / Arlene Getz -- 2. A translator describes the violence in Darfur / Chris McCann -- 3. The devil came on horseback : bearing witness to the genocide in Darfur / Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace -- 4. Darfur attack survivors tell of brutal killings / Opheera McDoom. Examines the genocide, persecution, violence, and human rights abuses in Darfur, a region in western Sudan. ||
 * || __Encountering genocide : personal accounts from victims, perpetrators, and witnesses.__

1. The Herero genocide -- 2. The Armenian genocide -- 3. The Holocaust -- 4. The Cambodian genocide -- 5. The Guatemalan genocide -- 6. The East Timor genocide -- 7. The Kurdistan genocide -- 8. The Rwandan genocide -- 9. The Bosnian genocide -- 10. The Darfur genocide. This volume offers first-person accounts of modern genocides to enable readers to more fully examine genocidal experiences and better understand the horror of such events. ||
 * || Schmittroth, Linda. __People of the Holocaust.__ Detroit, Mich. : UXL, 1998.

v. 1. A-J -- v. 2. K-Z. Profiles sixty women and men who were caught up in the Holocaust, including Nazi perpetrators and their victims, world leaders and policy makers, and those who showed their humanity and courage by resisting Hitler's reign of genocidal terror. ||
 * || Shelton, Dinah Author. __Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.__ Revised. Farmington Hills : Macmillan Reference USA [Imprint], Oct. 2004.

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