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The author looks at the when, how, and why the atrocities of the 1915-16 Armenian genocide were committed.

A collection of essays offering a multitude of perspectives on acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and instances of extreme persecution in Cambodia.

This book traces the early history of Nigeria from inception to civil war, and the complex events that defined the conflict in Biafra, revealing how and why this awful event played out, and the scars that it has since left on the psyche of the disunited federation that has continued to exist in the aftermath

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.