African Wars
By Rick Atkinson
The first volume in a three volume work about the liberation of Europe opens in North Africa in 1942 and charts America's rise to world-power status by its involvement in a war on two fronts.
An expose of international diamond smuggling operations considers the rebel campaigns linked to the Sierra Leone diamond mines and how the area and its people have been destroyed by the industry's policies.
By Bill Berkeley
A gripping introduction to the political turmoil in Africa dispels the myth that ancient tribal hatred lies at the heart of the continent’s troubles by focusing on the tyrants and military leaders responsible for war and brutality.
By Immaculée Ilibagiza
Presents the true story of a woman who endures the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda and turns to prayer for strength, love, and forgiveness.
By Ishmael Beah
Recommended By Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
Ishmael Beah described his experiences after he was driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a solider for three years before being removed from fighting by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
Today, in violence–torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story and ours.
By Tracy Kidder
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
“The “master of the non-fiction narrative” gives us the inspiring account of one man’s remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him — a brilliant testament to the power of will (From the Publisher).”
By Philip Gourevitch
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager
“Examines the horrors of genocide in Rwanda, where 800,000 people of an ethnic minority were exterminated in one hundred days (From the Publisher).”