Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence

"[M]inow examines each of the formal responses to mass atrocity, including war-crimes tribunals, truth commission, and reparations. All are relatively new attempts to block the ancient response: a tragic cycle of revenge that can bleed a land for decades or even centuries....Minow examines how those [human] relationships can be mended in war-ravaged societies. As she covers the history of war crimes and their aftermath, Minow pays special attention to the ongoing drama in South Africa, wehre Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others oversaw the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) until the release of its final report last fall."Martha Minow is the author of 'Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence', published 1999 under ISBN 9780807045077 and ISBN 0807045071.