Fighting for Dardur[为达尔富尔而战]

Fighting for Dardur[为达尔富尔而战]

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作者: Rebecca Hamilton （丽贝卡·汉密尔）著

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版时间: 2011-02

ISBN: 9780230100220

定价: 272.00

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 272页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

Aroundtheworld,millionsofpeoplehaveaddedtheirvoicestoprotestmarchesanddemonstrationsbecausetheybelievethat,together,theycanmakeadifference.WhenwefailedtostopthegenocideinRwandain1994,wepromisedtoneverletsuchathinghappenagain.Butnineyearslater,asnewsbegantotrickleoutofkillingsinwesternSudan,anareaknownasDarfur,theinternationalcommunityagainfacedtheproblemofhowtheUnitedNationsandtheUnitedStatesgovernmentcouldrespondtomassatrocity.

RebeccaHamiltonpassionatelynarratesthesix-yeargrassrootscampaigntodrawglobalattentiontotheplightofDarfur'speople.FromcollegestudentswhogalvanizedentireuniversitycampusesinthebeliefthattheiroutcrycouldsavemillionsofDarfurisstillatrisk,tocelebritiessuchasMiaFarrow,whospurredpoliticianstoact,toStevenSpielberg,whoboycottedthe2008SummerOlympicsinBeijing,HamiltondetailshowadvocacyforDarfurwasanexuberant,multibillion-dollareffort.Shethendoeswhatnoonehasdonetodate:shetakesusintothecorridorsofpowerandthecampsofDarfur,andrevealstheimpactofordinarypeople'sfiercedeterminationtoupholdthemantraof"neveragain."FightingforDarfurweavesagrippingstorythatbothdramatizesourmoraldilemmaandshowsthepromiseandperilsofcitizenengagementinaneweraofglobalcompassion. RebeccaHamiltonisaspecialcorrespondentforTheWashingtonPostinSudanwithsupportfromthePulitzerCenteronCrisisReportingandafellowattheNewAmericaFoundation.In2007shewasselectedasaGlobalYoungLeaderongenocidePreventionforspearheadingthecampaignforHarvardUniversitytodivestfromcompaniesdoingbusinesswithSudanandworkingwithinternallydisplacedpopulationsinSudan.SheworkedfortheprosecutionattheInternationalCriminalCourtinTheHague,includingworkontheirhistoricDarfurcases.CurrentlyaresidentofNewYork,HamiltonisagraduateofHarvardLawSchoolandtheHarvardKennedySchool,asaformerOpenSocietyfellow.
内容简介:
Aroundtheworld,millionsofpeoplehaveaddedtheirvoicestoprotestmarchesanddemonstrationsbecausetheybelievethat,together,theycanmakeadifference.WhenwefailedtostopthegenocideinRwandain1994,wepromisedtoneverletsuchathinghappenagain.Butnineyearslater,asnewsbegantotrickleoutofkillingsinwesternSudan,anareaknownasDarfur,theinternationalcommunityagainfacedtheproblemofhowtheUnitedNationsandtheUnitedStatesgovernmentcouldrespondtomassatrocity.

RebeccaHamiltonpassionatelynarratesthesix-yeargrassrootscampaigntodrawglobalattentiontotheplightofDarfur'speople.FromcollegestudentswhogalvanizedentireuniversitycampusesinthebeliefthattheiroutcrycouldsavemillionsofDarfurisstillatrisk,tocelebritiessuchasMiaFarrow,whospurredpoliticianstoact,toStevenSpielberg,whoboycottedthe2008SummerOlympicsinBeijing,HamiltondetailshowadvocacyforDarfurwasanexuberant,multibillion-dollareffort.Shethendoeswhatnoonehasdonetodate:shetakesusintothecorridorsofpowerandthecampsofDarfur,andrevealstheimpactofordinarypeople'sfiercedeterminationtoupholdthemantraof"neveragain."FightingforDarfurweavesagrippingstorythatbothdramatizesourmoraldilemmaandshowsthepromiseandperilsofcitizenengagementinaneweraofglobalcompassion.
作者简介:
RebeccaHamiltonisaspecialcorrespondentforTheWashingtonPostinSudanwithsupportfromthePulitzerCenteronCrisisReportingandafellowattheNewAmericaFoundation.In2007shewasselectedasaGlobalYoungLeaderongenocidePreventionforspearheadingthecampaignforHarvardUniversitytodivestfromcompaniesdoingbusinesswithSudanandworkingwithinternallydisplacedpopulationsinSudan.SheworkedfortheprosecutionattheInternationalCriminalCourtinTheHague,includingworkontheirhistoricDarfurcases.CurrentlyaresidentofNewYork,HamiltonisagraduateofHarvardLawSchoolandtheHarvardKennedySchool,asaformerOpenSocietyfellow.

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