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  Shake Hands with the Devil

  The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

  by Romeo Dallaire

  On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dallaire has written a powerful story of betrayal, naivete, racism and international politics. His message is simple and undeniable: "Never again." When Lt-Gen. Romeo... (more)
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  Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures

  A True Story from Hell on Earth

  by Kenneth Cain

  Published amidst great controversy in hardcover, Emergency Sex has literally shaken the foundations of the United Nations and made headlines around the world. Three idealists searching for meaning in the world’s toughest war zones; three people thrown together who bond for dear life. In a memoir so powerful and staggeringly well-written that it’s impossible to put down, Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, and Andrew... (more)
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  Black Hawk Down

  A Story of Modern War

  by Mark Bowden

  The acclaimed New York (NY) Times bestseller Black Hawk Down is "a shocking account of modern warfare . . . gripping and horrifying" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) Destined to become a classic of war reporting, Black Hawk Down is Mark Bowden's brilliant account of the longest sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. On October 3rd, 1993, about a hundred elite U.S. soldiers were... (more)
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  Chasing the Flame

  One Man's Fight to Save the World

  by Samantha Power

  From Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, an epic tale-part thriller, part tragedy-for our age, the political career and tragic death of the incomparable humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello If there is a single individual who can be said to have been at center stage through all of the most significant humanitarian and geopolitical crises of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, it was Sergio... (more)
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  Chasing the Flame

  Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World

  by Samantha Power

  From Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, an epic tale-part thriller, part tragedy-for our age, the political career and tragic death of the incomparable humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello If there is a single individual who can be said to have been at center stage through all of the most significant humanitarian and geopolitical crises of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, it was Sergio... (more)
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  A Long Way Gone

  Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

  by Ishmael Beah

  My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little. “You should tell us about it sometime.” “Yes, sometime.” This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s.... (more)
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  Endgame

  The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II

  by David Rohde

  While covering the war in Bosnia for THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, David Rohde was the first reporter to find mass graves near Srebrenica. Here, this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist narrates the most vivid and comprehensive account written of the fall and massacre of Srebrenica, highlighting the cynical power politics and inefficiencies of the UN peacekeeping command in the former Yugoslavia.
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  Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations

  by John R. Bolton

  With no-holds-barred candor, the straight-talking former ambassador to the United Nations takes readers behind the scenes at the UN and the U.S. State Department and reveals why his efforts to defend American interests and reform the UN resulted in controversy. A veteran of three Republican administrations and a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Bolton shows how the U.S. can lead the way to a more realistic... (more)
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  Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda

  by Michael N. Barnett

  Why was the UN a bystander during the Rwandan genocide? Do its sins of omission leave it morally responsible for the hundreds of thousands of dead? Michael Barnett, who worked at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1993 to 1994, covered Rwanda for much of the genocide. Based on his first-hand experiences, archival work, and interviews with many key participants, he reconstructs the history of the UN’s... (more)
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  An Insider's Guide to the UN

  by Linda M. Fasulo

  The United Nations increasingly finds itself at the center of world events in an age of rapid globalization. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we understand its structure and functions. In this highly readable book, a prominent news correspondent at the UN provides a colorful introduction to its activities and goals. UN correspondent Linda Fasulo draws on her own observations as well as on the insights of... (more)
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  No Regrets

  by Caroline Seebohm

  No Regrets is the never-before-told story of one of this century's most influential women. This enthralling portrait of Marietta Tree, political activist and society doyenne, is also a vivid recreation of a bygone era of American life. Marietta Tree's rich, full life is filled with the names of the famous and the powerful with whom she shared the spotlight.
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  Veto

  by Ed Griffin

  Pilar Marti is a UN bureaucrat who rises above her limitations to become a great Secretary-General, one who transforms the UN from inertia to dynamism, from control by five veto countries to a representative world body. Pilar grows with the job, becoming a take-charge person who breaks out of the church-like UN building and confronts the world's problems. When the United States vetoes a food and water... (more)
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  Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course in International Diplomacy

  by Michael Soussan

  The year is 1997, Michael Soussan, a fresh-faced young graduate takes up a new job at the U.N.’s Oil-for-Food Program, the largest humanitarian operation in the organization’s history. His mission is to help Iraqi civilians survive the devastating impact of economic sanctions that were imposed following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. As a gaffe-prone novice in a world of sensitive taboos, Soussan struggles to... (more)
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  Very Short Introductions: Book 199

  The United Nations

  A Very Short Introduction

  by Jussi M. Hanhimäki

  The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world. ... (more)
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  Second Variety (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 3)

  by Philip K. Dick

  Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and... (more)
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  Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  by United Nations

  A vivid and strikingly illustrated edition of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Powerful, moving, simple and forceful, it speaks to us all about hope, about our ideals, about the sort of world we want to create and live in.
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  Developed Minds, Developing Minds and The Stupid Terrorists

  by Harish Maiya

  All human beings, whether developed or developing or underdeveloped, show various levels of the seven deadly sins. The complex issues that arise due to these sins sometimes have simple answers. Developed countries balance their greed for money with selfless caring and giving that goes way beyond developing and underdeveloped countries. The embracing of secular humanism by the developed minds versus that of... (more)
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  Yugoslav requiem

  by Arnold Jansen op de Haar

  The poems in Yugoslav Requiem form a moving testimony to the conflict in Bosnia, in the former Yugoslavia, the most recent war in Europe. Some though not all poems are war poems, but they do not tell us about military actions, instead shows us how ordinary people, whoever they might be, are affected by war. It also tells us about the search of the author for his own identity. This is something we all can... (more)
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  United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2007, The (Two volume set)

  by United Nations

  The Yearbook is a rich source of historical knowledge of developments, trends and achievements of multilateral disarmament for more than 30 years. Part I contains an annual compilation of text and statistics of disarmament-related resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly. Part II presents the main topics of multilateral consideration during the year and a convenient issues-oriented timeline.
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  King of Tuzla

  by Arnold Jansen op de Haar

  All of a sudden Tijmen Klein Gildekamp, a young army captain, finds himself in a real war. He is part of the UN, based in Bosnia in the former Yugoslavia, the scene of the most recent war in Europe. King of Tuzla is not so much about military battles or strategies rather it focuses on how war affects ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians. Interspersed with Tijmen's story about finding his own identity... (more)