Helena Cobban

Amnesty After Atrocity?: Healing Nations After Genocide and War Crimes

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In Amnesty after Atrocity? veteran journalist Helena Cobban examines the effectiveness of different ways of dealing with the aftermath of genocide and violence committed during deep intergroup conflicts. She traveled to Rwanda, Mozambique, and South Africa to assess the various ways those nations tried to come to grips with their violent past: from war crimes trials to truth commissions to outright amnesties for perpetrators. She discovered that in terms of both moving these societies forward and satisfying the needs of survivors, war crimes trials are not the most effective path. This work provides strategic historical context and includes i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-59451-317-6
EAN: 9781594513176
Produktnummer: 2654539
Verlag: Paradigm Publ
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 284 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.0 cm 399 g
Gewicht: 399

Über den Autor

Helena Cobban is a columnist for the Christian Science Monitor and a contributing writer at the Boston Review. She has also written several books, including The Moral Architecture of World Peace (University of Virginia Press 2000), The Superpowers and the Syrian-Israeli Conflict (Praeger Publishers 1991) and The Making of Modern Lebanon (Hutchinson 1985).