A STUDY OF GENOCIDE
"The (Times) Reading Group is discussing Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning study (America and A Problem from Hell) of how America has responded to acts of genocide. "The trickiest part of the problem is when and where to take action, and the problems of violating national sovereignty," comments one reader. "Why is genocide more tragic than war?" asks another reader. As an example, continues this post: "What of the 3.3 million people -- 3 million of which are noncombatants, many of which are children -- who've died in the Congo since '97?" For More