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Josef Mengele

2004
Profiles the Nazi war criminal who was personally responsible for deciding which inmates of the concentration camp at Auschwitz would work, which would be subjected to experimentation, and which would die.

In the name of democracy

American war crimes in Iraq and beyond
2005
The author examines the legality of the Iraqi War through a collection of documents, FBI files, and eyewitness accounts, and maintains that the government suppressed vital information about bombings of civilian targets and treatment of prisoners.

Victims of war

1993
Text and photographs describe some of the devastating results of World War II, including refugees, battle fatigue, internment, and destruction of cities.

Genocide and the Bosnian war

2009
Recounts the events surrounding the genocide that took place during the Bosnian War, where more than 26,000 Bosnian Muslim civilians were murdered by Serbian troops.

A plague upon humanity

the secret genocide of Axis Japan's germ warfare operation
2004
Reveals details on the Japanese biological warfare project that killed an estimated 580,000 Chinese civilians and Asian and Allied prisoners in the 1930s and 1940s through germ attacks and medical experiments, and the deal the U.S. made with the Japanese that gave Unit 731 scientists immunity in exchange for their research.

Slaughterhouse

Bosnia and the failure of the West
1995
Eye witness account of the war in Bosnia and Hercegovia, detailing the atrocities, the seige of Sarajevo, and the heroism and bitterness of aid workers.

Waldheim

the missing years
1988
Bibliography: p. (265)-291. An account of Waldheim's childhood, student years, and service in Hitler's Third Reich.

The forgotten victims of the Holocaust

2003
Discusses Nazi Germany's efforts to create a so-called master race by attempting to eliminate not only the Jewish race, but also killing or sterilizing Poles, Russians, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally handicapped, and others considered inferior.

Forgotten fire

2000
The story of how Vahan Kenderian survived the Turkish massacre of the Armenians in 1915.

The girl with white flag

an inspiring tale of love and courage in war time
1991
Translation of: Shirahata no shojo. The story of Tomiko Higa's survival of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.

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