Sentences with phrase «about war atrocities»

For all its quiet strength, Blood and Honey was stiff, taking a too formal approach to a story about war atrocities that should have been, or at least could have been, something more tactile and illuminating.

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However, I sometimes wonder if on Judgment Day we will be as proud when we learn about atrocities our nation has committed against Muslim nations in the form of economics, or unjustified wars, or price manipulation of crops and technology, or who knows what else?

With the war in Iraq it seems appropriate to take a hard look at historical and political realities about U.S. response to atrocities, raised by the two books the author reviews..

I can not help thinking that the whole point about a united Europe was in response to the Nazi atrocities during World War 2.

All the hidden secrets of the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed against the people of Biafra during the war of genocide between 1967 and 1970 will become the most talked about topic within diplomatic circles around the world until Nigeria collapses.

The book has gut - wrenching stories: about Vietnam veterans who committed war atrocities, incest survivors, broken adults that were terrorised as children or shunted between foster homes.

Jerry speaks of his most famous character, Holden Caulfield, becoming his «companion» during his time spent in Europe for World War 2 and how, once he returns home, it's difficult for him to continue writing The Catcher in the Rye because thinking about Holden reminds him of the atrocities he experienced.

In a rare turn of events that suggests maybe we're not living in the darkest timeline after all, this category — usually home to the most devastating and despair - inducing glimpses inside war zones and historical atrocities — includes zero films about the Holocaust, Syria, or murder.

The Educator section of the website include classroom resources to teach about the Nanjing Atrocities within the larger context of World War II in Asia.

The Nanjing Atrocities: Crimes of War online companion to our print book includes a rich multimedia collection of maps, videos, timelines, and teaching strategies that place the Nanjing Atrocities within the larger context of World War II in East Asia, and will challenge students to consider the complex questions this history raises about wartime violence, justice, and memory.

My friends in other cities speak about the new war, the roots of this atrocity and its relationship to other atrocities around the globe; they worry over the notion of «evil,» whether it's a reality or a concept with no use in the public sphere.

The war atrocities and the losses of the characters were difficult in a different way — they were very sad and awful to think about, but they were concrete and clear, so easier to comprehend in a way than the more abstract parts of the book.

Over the years, there have been almost countless video games created about war, but you don't see any cover great atrocities such as the Holocaust.

From yammerings on about the alleged harms of «fatherless» households, to the demanding of a «shared parental responsibility» post-divorce that they never undertook during marriage when she begged them to do so, these men epitomize the reason that for eons, societies have ended up engaging in wars, and atrocities of justice have never been quelched, and the reason that irrational male - mob - mentality, however ostensibly sophisticated, and however ostensibly educated, continues to be the rule of the day.