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Title	:	The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda
Author	:	Elizabeth Neuffer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 528 pages
Published	:	November 9th 2002 by Picador (first published September 5th 2000)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Cultural. Africa. Eastern Africa. Rwanda. Politics

The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda Paperback | Pages: 528 pages

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Examining competing notions of justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, award-winning Boston Globe correspondent Elizabeth Neuffer convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by talk of forgiveness, or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness

As genocidal warfare engulfed the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the international community acted too late to prevent unconscionable violations of human rights in both countries. As these states now attempt to reconstruct their national identities, the surviving victims of genocide struggle to come to terms with a world unhinged.

Interviewing victims and aggressors, war orphans and war criminals, Serbian militiamen and NATO commanders, Neuffer explores the extent to which genocide erodes a nation's social and political environment, just as it destroys the individual lives of the aggressor's perceived enemies. She argues persuasively that only by achieving justice for these people can domestic and international organizations hope to achieve lasting peace in regions destroyed by fratricidal warfare.

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Original Title:	The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda
ISBN:	0312302827 (ISBN13: 9780312302825)
Edition Language:	English

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This is a difficult book to give any rating to. It completely overwhelmed me because of the nature of its content as well as the amount of information it contained. In the end I feel as though I only skimmed the surface, and honestly I do not know when I'll go back for a second read.But I recommend this book to anyone curious about these two cases of genocide that occurred so recently. The stories in this book, told by Neuffer but through interviews and testimonies from tribunal witnesses, focus

This is tough, but amazing book. It is tough because of the content, the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, but an important book. Neuffer tells a detailed story of the conflicts in both regions. Younger audiences should shy away for now.

This is an extraordinary book. It ties together many cases that have come before the ICTY/R into comprehensible stories. The tragedy is that there won't be a sequel from this amazing author. I don't think I've ever read a book quite like it.

Neuffer, a reporter for the Boston Globe, follows the stories of individuals looking for justice in the aftermath of the war and genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. The individuals and stories they tell are viewed interwoven with the background of how the international criminal tribunals of the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda came to be response to the genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by leaders in these countries.Neuffer's experiences and interviews with the individuals

This book was amazing. If you would like a better understanding of the Bosnian and Rwandan genocide this is the book for you. Neuffer does a great job of breaking down both conflicts as well as compares the two. She provides insight into the U N's mishaps as well as the role of the US. Parts of the trial may seem a little long towards the end but I think it was because I was frustrated at the success of the tribunal systems much like those actually involved. This book has brought more questions

I found the book interesting and Neuffer did a nice job of transitioning between her and interviewees' personal experiences but also tying in hard facts (or about as hard as you can get in war zones). What I would have been interested in however, was to know more about individuals seeking justice. What does justice mean to different groups of people or even individuals? And what type of community, non-ICC, systems exist to help people find the answers and relief they need?

I picked this book to read for a book report in my law class. It turns out is was an excellent book although it has its many sad moments. I highly recommend it for people who have little knowledge about the Bosnia and Rwanda war. One of the main arguements in this book is how to define and achieve justice for victims.