The fall of the United Nations 'safe area' of Srebrenica in July 1995 to Bosnian Serb and Serbian forces stands out as the international community's most egregious failure to intervene during the Bosnian war. It led to genocide, forced displacement and a legacy of loss. But wart…
This book traces the reverberations of genocide, forced displacement, and a legacy of loss in Bosnia and abroad.
The Tensaw -- Many paths to the Tensaw -- Americanization of Mississippi Territory -- Red path to war -- Creek civil war to Redstick war -- The battle of Fort Mims -- A country given up -- Trying times, 1813-1814 -- Remembering Fort Mims -- Reverberations of Fort Mims
The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims, involving hundreds of dead men, women, and children, was just such a spark. Gregory Waselkov tells compellingly the story of this fierce battle at the fortified plantation home of Samuel Mims in the Tensaw District of the Mississippi …
The Fort Mims massacre changed the course of American history in many ways, not the least of which was the ensuing rise of one Andrew Jackson to the national stage. The unprecedented Indian victory over the encroaching Americans who were bent on taking their lands and destroying…
In November 1941, near the city of Rovno, Ukraine, German death squads murdered over 23,000 Jews in what has been described as "the second Babi Yar." This meticulous and methodologically innovative study reconstructs the events at Rovno, and in the process exemplifies efforts to…
