Genocide at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Darfur

At the end of World War II, the international community deemed genocide a crime against humanity. Yet, at the dawn of the twenty-first century it has occurred repeatedly. This book explains why genocide began to occur in the twenty-first century and why the United States has been ineffective at preventing it and stopping it once it occurs.

Dale C. Tatum is Lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies at California State University Long Beach. He was born in South-Central Los Angeles and still resides there. He has an A.B in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, an A.M. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Dr. Tatum has taught Political Science at several universities and colleges and is the author of Who Influenced Whom? Lessons from the Cold War (2002).