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 |  | The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide
by Gerard Prunier
Although it occurred only in 1994, the civil war in the tiny central African nation of Rwanda has already slipped from memory. The final "historical product" was the murder of perhaps a million people and the displacement another two million, nearly half of the country's population all told. Prunier traces a course through the complex history of unrest and hatred that washed over Rwanda, and he looks deeply into the question of why this horror could have happened in an era of international peacekeeping. His conclusion is disturbing: "Genocides are a modern phenomenon--they require organization--and they are likely to become more frequent." Click here to order it today from Amazon.com! |
 | | Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
by Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane, an Irish journalist, formerly BBC correspondent in South Africa, was sent in 1994 to cover the war in Rwanda that had left one million Tutsis dead, most of them gruesomely hacked to death by their Hutu neighbors. The power of this account lies in Keane's profound emotional shock at barely imaginable cruelty, and in the personal testimony of the survivors he interviewed. Keane also searches for meaning. Like many familiar with Africa, he rejects the too easy explanation of "tribal hatred," with its assumption that the problem is intractable and internal. He emphasizes instead the economic and class disparities driving a political bloodlust, reminiscent perhaps of revolutionary France. Even though understanding such atrocity seems out of reach, Keane bears eloquent witness to evil. Click here to order it today from Amazon.com! |
 | | Rwanda : Fierce Clashes in Central Africa (Children in Crisis)
by John Isaac, Keith Elliot Greenberg, Rudolf Steiner, Bruce Glassman
(Editor)
Here is a unique opportunity to experience world events through the eyes of internationally acclaimed photographer John Isaac. The stirring images of the Children In Crisis series connect you to the struggles and triumphs of children and families from the world's most troubled regions. As they take you in close, these books offer a special perspective on today's most important news headlines: they bring you the personal and emotional side of each story. Accompanying Mr. Isaac's vivid photographs are his first-person narratives. Each provides an eyewitness account of people caught in dramas and events that made history.
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 | | Africa: A Biography of the Continent
by John Reader
"The ancestors of all humanity evolved in Africa," notes photo-
journalist John Reader at the beginning of this epic, panoramic overview of African history. From the formation of the continent to the present, Reader's informative narrative tells the story of the earliest dwellers and the natural obstacles of desert, jungle, and animals they faced, expertly entwining the development of humanity with the ecological and geographical evolution of the continent.
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 | | Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death
by Susan D. Moeller
Moeller's compelling study critically examines the media's handling of more than 20 years' worth of popular news stories, from the outbreak of Ebola to the assassination of Yitzak Rabin. 6 photos. In her impassioned new book, Compassion Fatigue, Susan Moeller warns that the American media threaten our ability to understand the world around us. Why do the media cover the world in the way that they do? Are they simply following the marketplace demand for tabloid-style international news? Or are they creating an audience that has seen too much - or too little - to care? Through a series of studies of the "four horsemen of the Apocalypse" - disease, famine, war and death - Moeller investigate how newspapers, newsmagazines and television have covered international crises over the last two decades, identifying the ruts into which the media have fallen - and revealing why. Click here to order it today from Amazon.com! |
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