While it is true that genocide prevention is not what tends to land
on the front pages of national newspapers today, it is what
prevents the worst headlines from ever being made. However, despite
the post-Holocaust consensus that "never again " would the world
allow civilians to be victims of genocide, the reality is that
history is closer than ever to repeating itself. As many as 170
million civilians across the world have been victims of genocide
and mass atrocity in the 20th century. Now that we have entered the
21st century, little light has arisen from the darkness as
civilians still find themselves under brutal attack in the Sudan,
Burma, Syria, the Central African Republic, Burundi, and a score of
other countries in the world as they find themselves beset by state
fragility and extremist identity politics. Drawing on over two
decades of primary research and scholarship from a wide range of
disciplinary perspectives, Confronting Evil: Engaging Our
Responsibility to Prevent Genocide is grounded in the belief that
preventing mass atrocity is an achievable goal, but only if we have
the collective will to do so. This groundbreaking book from one of
the foremost leaders in the field presents a fascinating continuum
of research-informed strategies to prevent genocide from ever
taking place; to avert further atrocities once mass murder occurs;
and to prevent further turmoil once a society learns how to rebuild
itself. Dr. James Waller challenges each of us to accept our
responsibilities as global citizens - in whichever role and place
we find ourselves - and to think critically about one of the
world's most pressing human rights issues in which there are no
sidelines, only sides.
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