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Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide

Conceptual and historical overview, building on the author's expertise with bullying and bystanders

Genocide

One million handmade bones laid out on the National Mall, as a protest against genocide and mass atrocities.

One million handmade bones laid out on the National Mall, as a protest against genocide and mass atrocities

Chinese peasants gather in May 1969 in a field in Hungching region around a huge portrait of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976), as they read collectively 'Little Red Book' of quotations from Mao's works

Chinese peasants gather in May 1969 in a field in Hungching region around a huge portrait of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976), as they read collectively "Little Red Book" of quotations from Mao's works.

Human Rights

A photograph depicted Khmer Rouge victims at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, September 22, 2016.

Resistance

This monument is to symbolize the campaign against genocide. It is a military museum located in Kigali Rwanda.

Survival

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II at the Armenian Genocide monument in Yerevan for a torch lighting ceremony for the genocide victims in Darfur. The two men are standing on purple cloth, with Garegin on the left and Williams on the right.