Introduction

Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: An Annotated Bibliography is the fi rst major bibliography dedicated solely to the prevention and intervention of genocide. It is the culmination of fi ve years work in nine major libraries: The Library of Congress; The Jeannette Rankin Library of the United States Institute for Peace (Washington, D.C.); The Netherlands War Documentation Center Library (Amsterdam); Mullins Library and the Lefl ar Law School Library at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; American University Library (Washington, D.C.); and Trinity College Library at the University of Dublin/Trinity College, Boole Library at University College, Cork, and James Hardiman Library at the National University of Ireland, Galway, all of which are located in Ireland.