Prescott Library: UN Crisis Project (Clark, Lytle, Thomas): Rwanda

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Civil Wars of the World
by Uk Heo (Editor); Karl DeRouen (Editor) Covers some of the most volatile civil wars around the globe since World War II. An alphabetically-arranged resource.
Call Number: REF 909.82 Civ
Publication Date: 2007
Complicity with Evil : the United Nations in the age of modern genocide
by Adam LeBor 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.
Call Number: 341.23 Leb
Publication Date: 2006
Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Africa
by John Laband Recounts the experiences of civilians whose lives were disrupted by the African military's involvement in wars from colonial times through the Rwandan genocide, describing the hardships and challenges civilians faced during war times.
Call Number: 960.3 Lab
Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II
by James Ciment (Editor) Highlights the conflicts and events that changed the course of late twentieth-century history. Organized by region.
Call Number: REF 909.825 Enc
Publication Date: 2006
Great Debates at the United Nations
by Robert F. Gorman Provides information and critical examinations of the fifty most important issues debated in the history of the United Nations from 1945 to 2000.
Call Number: 341.23 Gor
Publication Date: 2001
History Behind the Headlines
by Thomson Gale Staff; Meghan Appel Omeara (Editor) While not as useful for issues since 2003, this is a great set of resources for hotbed issues that occurred before then.
Call Number: REF 909.82 His
Publication Date: 2003
A Problem from Hell
by Samantha Power Examines the U.S.'s weak responses to genocides and threats of genocide throughout the twentieth century, discussing the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and other instances and calling for change. Includes a bonus section containing an interview with the author and other writings.
Call Number: 304.663 Pow
Publication Date: 2007

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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe
by Gérard Prunier. Follows the 1996–2002 war in the Democratic Republic of Congo through many bewildering twists and turns including Rwandan genocide.
Call Number: 967.03 Pru
Publication Date: 2009
A Problem from Hell
by Samantha Power Examines the U.S.'s weak responses to genocides and threats of genocide throughout the twentieth century, discussing the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and other instances and calling for change. Includes a bonus section containing an interview with the author and other writings.
Call Number: 304.663 Pow
Publication Date: 2007

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"Complicity with evil" : the United Nations in the age of modern genocide
by Adam LeBor. 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.
Call Number: 341.23 Leb
The crime of genocide : terror against humanity
by Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser. Describes many cases of modern genocide including the systematic murder of Jews, Armenian, Cambodians, Rwandians, and the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and Kosovo with many descriptions, facts, and actions of the justice community.
Call Number: 364.151 Spa
Publication Date: 2000
Ghosts of Rwanda [videorecording]
by A Frontline coproduction with the BBC and Silverbridge Productions Limited ; written, produced and directed by Greg Barker. Chronicles the atrocities that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Includes eyewitness accounts of the genocide from people who witnessed it firsthand, from Tutsi survivors to the diplomats on the scene who struggled to convey the severity of the crisis to their superiors in Washington.
Call Number: AV 967.57 Gho DVD
The order of genocide : race, power, and war in Rwanda
by Scott Straus. Social scientist and former East African journalist Scott Straus argues that many of the widely held beliefs about the causes and course of genocide in Rwanda are incomplete, focusing on the actions of the ruling elite or the inaction of the international community, rather than why and how elite decisions turned into widespread violence.
Call Number: 967.571 Str
Publication Date: 2006
The Rwanda genocide
by Christina Fisanick, book editor. Presents twelve essays that argue opposing points on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, covering its causes, the world's reaction, and the country's rebuilding, and includes an introductory overview, a chronology, and a further reading list.
Call Number: 967.571 Rwa
Publication Date: 2004
Shake hands with the devil : the failure of humanity in Rwanda
by Roméo Dallaire ; with Brent Beardsley. The author provides an eyewitness account of the murder of over eight hundred thousand Rwandans while serving as a UN Force Commander during 1993 and 1994, and tells how he and his small peacekeeping force found themselves in alone in the middle of civil war and little or no resources to stop the killing.
Call Number: 967.571 Dal
Publication Date: 2005
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch 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.
Call Number: 967.571 Gou
Publication Date: 1999