Suggested subject headings for books about Genocide
- Genocide
- Crimes against humanity
- Holocaust
- Massacre
- War crimes
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Recommended books for information about Genocide
The following books are in Oakton Library's collection. Check the catalog for availability. Additionally, check the I-Share catalog for books that my be available through inter-library loan.
Courageous : Walking the Lost Boys' Path from the Sudan to America by Call Number: RHC. DT157.63 .D46 2008 (RHC)ISBN: 9780882823348This compelling, human story is coupled with timely issues facing the world: the crisis in Darfur, of limited oil reserves, terrorism by radical Islamic groups
A History of the Holocaust by Call Number: SKOCC. D804.34 .B38 2001 (RHC)ISBN: 0531118843The author traces the roots of anti-Semitism that burgeoned through the ages and provides a comprehensive description of how and why the Holocaust occurred.
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Call Number: HV6322.7 .P69 2002 (DPC)ISBN: 0060541644Former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy asks the question: Why do American leaders who vow "never again" repeatedly fail to stop genocide?
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility by Call Number: DS195.5 .A418 2006 (DPC)ISBN: 0805079327A landmark assessment of Turkish culpability in the Armenian genocide, the first history of its kind by a Turkish historian
American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World by Call Number: E112 .S82 1992 (DPC)ISBN: 0195075811Historian David E. Stannard argues that the European and white American destruction of the native peoples of the Americas was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world.
Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide by Call Number: RHC. DT159.6.D27 P78 2007 (RHC)ISBN: 9780801446023Gerard Prunier sets out the ethnopolitical make-up of the Sudan and explains why this rebellion is regarded as a key threat to Arab power in the country.
Genocide by Call Number: RHC. HV6322.7 .S66 2006 (DPC)ISBN: 9780888996817Providing an overview of the history of genocide worldwide, this book explores the paradox that while a person who murders another person can be tried and even executed for the crime, a person who murders hundreds or thousands of people usually goes free.
Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda: New Perspectives by Call Number: DS554.8 .G46 2006 (DPC)ISBN: 0765803089This volume deals with aspects of genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia that have been largely unexplored to date, including the impact of regional politics and the role played by social institutions in perpetrating genocide.
Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to Genocide by Call Number: SKOCC. DR1965 .A59 1999 (RHC)ISBN: 0814706711Heavenly Serbia shows how this myth resulted in an aggressive nationalist ideology which has triumphed in the late twentieth century and marginalized those Serbs who strive for the establishment of a civil society.
