Showing titles in Genocide & War Crimes

1937年，日本軍は中国での戦線を拡大し，戦争の泥沼に突き進んだ．その一大汚点としての南京事件．殺戮・略奪・強姦の蛮行はいかなるプロセスで生じ，推移し，どんな結果を招いたのか．

Nel 1948 nacque lo Stato d'Israele. Ma nel 1948 ebbe luogo anche la Nakba ('catastrofe'), ovvero la cacciata di circa 250.000 palestinesi dalla loro terra. La vulgata israeliana ha sempre narrato che in quell'anno, allo scadere del Mandato britannico in Palestina, le Nazioni Unite avevano proposto di dividere la regione in due Stati: il movimento sionista era d'accordo, ma il mondo arabo si oppose; per questo, entrò in guerra con Israele e convince i palestinesi ad abbandonare i territori – nonostante gli appelli dei leader ebrei a rimanere – pur di facilitare l'ingresso delle truppe arabe.

From the revolutionary use of drones to staged coups, child abduction and psychological warfare, the war in Ukraine is like no other. It is a new form of total war, combining traditional military force with all the non-military tools of the Russian state. The 2022 invasion was just the next stage of a conflict that Russia has been fighting since 2005, using all the tactics at its disposal to control Ukraine's politics and wreak havoc.

Il primo, Non posso dimenticare - in parte appassionata e lucida invettiva contro le presunte ragioni che stanno dietro i conflitti tra gli Stati, in parte viscerale difesa della renitenza alla leva e del rifiuto di usare le armi - si conclude con un accorato ricordo dei tanti compagni perduti dallo scrittore nel corso del massacro del '14-18. Il secondo raccoglie quattro capitoli inediti del romanzo Le grand troupeau.

An uplifting collection of real-life stories of the rebels, resistance fighters, saboteurs, escapees and survivors who held on to hope through the horrors of the Holocaust When Auschwitz was liberated in 1945, after the horror of one of history's greatest atrocities, the world rejoiced. Although...

Das unbekannte Ende der Naziherrschaft Der packende Schlusspunkt des »Dritten Reiches« – dramatische Wochen zwischen Diktatur und Befreiung Das »Dritte Reich« ist gefallen – doch die Geschichte steht nicht still. In Flensburg kreuzen sich die Wege von Agenten, Überlebenden und alten...

In this urgent and eye-opening book, journalist Jan Jekielek distills decades of investigations from reputable sources, combined with his own research and in-depth firsthand insight, into a compelling case for rethinking our approach to the CCP. Through the lens of grave human rights abuses—most disturbingly, the state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience—Jekielek exposes the inner workings of a regime built on deception, coercion, and control.

Brought to you by Penguin. A devastating, meticulous account of the history of Israel’s destruction of Gaza from an acclaimed architect and investigator Eyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and...

敗戦直後，GHQ占領下に開所したスガモプリズン．外の世界が大きく移り変わるなか，戦犯たちは獄中で何を思い，何を見つめていたのか．戦争裁判の実態，刑務所管理の構造，戦犯の自治や言論活動，そして朝鮮人・台湾人戦犯の問題．

"Sono rimasti inchiodati a lungo nella mia mente, ognuno nella sua vicenda. Pezzi di storia che ci siamo voluti lasciare alle spalle per illuderci che si possa fare finta di niente. Poi un giorno, un giorno di ottobre, in cui il corso delle cose si è spezzato, me li sono trovati di fronte. Tutti in fila." Il 7 ottobre 2023 è un doloroso risveglio per l’Occidente. La ferocia dell’attacco di Hamas a Israele riporta in primo piano, nelle agende del mondo, la causa palestinese e i suoi spettri. Li avevamo rimossi e loro sono tornati.

«A pesar de las dificultades y los tropiezos y de algún temor que ya sentíamos, creíamos que eran dificultades superables y que no era fácil –ya teníamos conciencia de eso– hacer política en Colombia con los principios nuestros. Pudimos comprobar en carne propia que la democracia era...

'Procesos de la noche' narra la odisea judicial que la familia de Julio César Mondragón tuvo que emprender para poder esclarecer la verdad sobre su asesinato. El caso de Julio sobresale por haber sido la evidencia más explícita de la violencia empleada en Iguala contra los estudiantes de la...

An examination of the basis and justification for war crimes trials, including international law and the "rule of law," while protecting the rights of the individual and the desire to achieve a "common good." Two lectures.

This audiobook narrated by Kaliswa Brewster reveals the dark history of eugenic thought in Germany from the nineteenth century to today—and the courageous countervoices Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi genocide claimed the lives of nearly three hundred thousand people diagnosed with psychiatric...

Moving and erudite, Hammad writes from within the moment, shedding light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Recognising the Stranger is a brilliant melding of literary and cultural analysis by one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and a foremost writer of fiction in the world today.

La verità prima di tutto è l’inizio del più famoso J’Accuse della storia moderna, quello di Émile Zola. La verità prima di tutto è anche il movente che ispira questo J’Accuse, che raccoglie la testimonianza della Relatrice speciale Onu sui territori palestinesi occupati da Israele dal 1967. Questo libro non nasce come un instant book.

Brought to you by Penguin. In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses – and pressured offending governments to stop them. Roth has grappled with the worst of humanity, taken on the most ruthless...

Uncover the inspiring stories of bravery and activism in the face of war with this powerful collection of essays and poems. Written by the front-line protestors at the Russian Embassy in Dublin, this book takes you on a journey of hope and courage as fifty determined individuals come together to stand against Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

In Countdown, science journalist Sarah Scoles uncovers a different atomic reality: the nuclear age's present. Drawing from years of on-the-ground reporting at the nation's nuclear weapons labs, Scoles interrogates the idea that having nuclear weapons keeps us safe, deterring attacks and preventing radioactive warfare. She deftly assesses the existing nuclear apparatus in the United States, taking listeners beyond the news headlines and policy-speak to reveal the state of nuclear-weapons technology.

On the 18th of June 1994, weeks before the end of the massacres in which hundreds of thousands of her fellow Tutsi, Rwanda's Bantu-speaking ethnic group, were slaughtered by the Hutu, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and her mother were fortunate to find a safe passage out of Rwanda with a convoy of children organised by a Swiss humanitarian organisation. Fifteen years later, after rebuilding her life and becoming a successful novelist, Mairesse is ready to begin the long process of reconstructing her incomplete memories of the escape.