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La pensée politique des génocidaires hutus La pensée politique des génocidaires hutus Nicolas Agostini Genocide in Rwanda (Political thought/role of the media). How the Tutsi people and Hutu opponents were targeted and their physical elimination justified by the extremist "Hutu Power" regime. OL11704828W
La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour La Nuit / L'Aube / Le Jour Elie Wiesel Contains: [La Nuit](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14856842W/La_Nuit) L'Aube Le Jour OL14856828W
Crisis in Rwanda Crisis in Rwanda Charles Freeman Relates events in Rwanda after the murder of President Habyarimana including the genocide of the Tutsi, the ill-treatment of refugees, and the eventual reconciliation. OL14864724W
Brickyards to graveyards Brickyards to graveyards Villia Jefremovas "Brickyards to Graveyards examines how the overidealized picture of Rwanda as the darling of the world community in the 1980s was shattered amidst the genocide that occurred a decade later. The brick… OL15829596W
Holocaust Holocaust Deborah Dwork This book is a dramatic account that reshapes the way we think and talk about the greatest crime in history. Unrivaled in reach and scope, Holocaust illuminates the long march of events, from the Mid… OL15831130W
The Burning Tigris The Burning Tigris Peter Balakian A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenian… OL15863664W
Over a thousand hills I walk with you Over a thousand hills I walk with you Hanna Jansen "Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything ch… OL15967693W
Genocide since 1945 Genocide since 1945 Philip Spencer "In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a "crime without a n… OL16343132W
Genocide Genocide Margaret Haerens "Genocide: Global Viewpoints examines current, often controversial, topics of worldwide interest and importance from a variety of international perspectives"-- OL16451593W
Confiscation and destruction Confiscation and destruction Ug ur U mit U ngo r This is the first major study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offe… OL16978643W
Christian Persecution in the Middle East Christian Persecution in the Middle East George J. Marlin In his new book, author and political commentator George J. Marlin, Chairman of Aid to the Church in Need - USA - an agency under the guidance of the Pope that supports the persecuted and suffering C… OL17365356W
L'exception L'exception Christian Jungersen Iben et Malene, deux employées au centre d'information sur les génocides de Copenhague, reçoivent d'intrigantes menaces de mort par e-mail. Elles pensent être victimes de la vengeance d'un criminel d… OL17868660W
King Leopold's ghost King Leopold's ghost Adam Hochschild In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocid… OL1869541W
Hitler, the Germans, and the final solution Hitler, the Germans, and the final solution Ian Kershaw The writings are arranged in three sections—Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography—and Kershaw provides an introduction … OL1924189W
Embers of war Embers of war Gareth L. Powell The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stripped of her weaponry and seeking to atone, she joins the House of … OL19740636W
The girl who smiled beads The girl who smiled beads Clemantine Wamariya It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Six-year-old Clemantine Wamariya and sister Claire spent the next six years wandering t… OL19748268W
The elimination The elimination Rithy Panh "From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor's autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship. Rithy Panh was only eleven … OL19962285W
There was and there was not There was and there was not Meline Toumani A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories. OL19988043W
Genocide as Social Practice Genocide as Social Practice Daniel Feierstein Genocide not only annihilates people but also destroys and reorganizes social relations, using terror as a method. In Genocide as Social Practice, Argentinean social scientist Daniel Feierstein looks… OL20330260W
Testimony Testimony Scott Turow Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire G… OL20822743W
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