The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention

by Kira Brunner (Editor), Nicolaus Mills (Editor)

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The question of the responsibility inherent in the unrivaled might of the U.S. military is one that continues to take up headlines across the globe. This award-winning group of reporters and scholars, including, among others, David Rieff, Peter Maass, Philip Gourevitch, William Shawcross, George Packer, Bill Berkeley and Samantha Power revisit four of the worst instances of state-sponsored killing--Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and East Timor--in the last half of the twentieth century in show more order to reconsider the success and failure of U.S. and U.N. military and humanitarian intervention.Featuring original essays and reporting, The New Killing Fields poses vital questions about the future of peacekeeping in the next century. In addition, theoretical essays by Michael Walzer and Michael Ignatieff frame the issue of intervention in terms of today's post-cold war reality and the future of human rights. show less

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This is both an excellent historical overview of 20th century genocide and an excellent introduction to some of the personal writings of those who lived through a gencocide. Each section begins with a first person account, which makes the following essays all the more immediate. Strongly recommended.

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