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The following resources are available through our Media Center homepage under EBSCOhost (Click on EBSCOHost Web, then MAS Elite at the bottom of the page) or Gale Virtual Referene Library (e-books). You can locate them by typing the title into the search field once you've logged into the database. (Password for e-books is our usual one for LCMR Library.)

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Ivan the Terrible:​​

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Joseph Stalin:

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Adolf Hitler:

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Mao Zedong:

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Fidel Castro:

 

Saddam Hussein (Iraq):

  • "Hussein, Saddam." Middle East Conflict Reference Library. Ed. Sara Pendergast, Ralph G. Zerbonia, and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2:   Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2006. 150-160. (Gale Virtual Reference Library e-books)

 

Vladimir Putin (Russia):

  • Chivers, C.J. "Power. The Vladimir Putin Story." Esquire. October 2008, Vol. 150 Issue 4, p199-316. 7p. 
    Provides background information on Putin, his rise to power, and his philosophy of leadership.

  • Gessen, Masha. "Putin Shows His Iron-Fisted Hand." Newsweek Global, 2/28/14, Vol. 162, Issue 9.
    Discusses treatment of dissidents/protestors by the Russian government under Putin.

  • Shuster, Simon, et. al. "Crime Without Punishment." Time. 8/4/14, Vol. 184 Issue 5, p26-5. 10p.
    Discusses Putin's attitude to the downing of Malasia Airlines  Flight 17 over Ukraine as well as his policies of dealing with Ukraine in general.

 

Omar Hassan al-Bashir (Sudan):

  • Cheadle, Don and John Prendergast. "Omar Hassan al-Bashir." Time. 5/14/07, Vol. 169 Issue 20, p70. 1/4p.
    Very brief article with pertinent statistics on Bashir's atrocities in Darfur.

  • Prosecutor's Summary statement (website) of the warrant for Bashir's arrest by the International Criminal Court. The following article available in EBSCOhost is another person's view (Mamdani) on the background of the conflicts that led to the crisis in Darfur. Because I could not find the actual application for the arrest warrant, this article may prove helpful in some of the quotations/statistics it uses from the original.

  • Mamdani, Mahmood. "The International Criminal Court's Case Against the President of Sudan: a Critical Look." Journal of International Affairs. Spring/Summer 2009, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p.85-92. 8p.

  • Another website of interest on Al-Bashir is the Sudan Tribune, which gives good background information, especially under the section "1989 Coup," where the article quotes Bashir on "purging" the opposition.

 

Kim Jong-Un (North Korea):

  • Ford, Peter. "Will Kim Jong-Un Face Mass Crimes Prosecution at The Hague?" Christian Science Monitor. 11/18/14. 1 p. This and the following article (AP) detail how the United Nations is pursuing Jong-Un for mass crimes.

  • AP. "U.N. Push Against North Korea on Rights Moves Ahead. " Time.com. 11/19/14. 1 p.

  • Rauhala, Emily. "Kim Jong Un's Brutal North Korea: Where No Uncle is Safe." Time. 12/13/13, p1-1. 1 p. Discusses Jong-Un's execution of his  uncle on grounds of treason.

 

Bashar Al-Assad (Syria):

  • Klein, Joe. "Number Four Bashar Assad the Lethal Tyrant." Time. 12/23/13, Vol. 182 Issue 26, p118. 4 p.
    Contains statistics of his atrocities.

  • Baker, Aryn and Jay Newton-Small. "The Cult of Assad." Time. 9/16/13, Vol. 182 Issue 12, p26. 4p. This and the following article contain similar statistics/descriptions of Assad's atrocities.

  • Petrou, Michael. "Survival of the Cruelest." Maclean's. 12/9/13, Vol. 126 Issue 48/49, p76-77. 2p.

  • Baker, Aryn. "Forget Chemical Weapons. Assad Regime Uses Starvation as Tactic Against Rebels." Time.com. 10/15/13, p1-1. 1p.
    Information/descripion of starvation situation in Moadhamiya.

 

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