When the Going Gets ToughThere was a brief period in the early 1990s when some people felt all was well finally—despite what history has to teach us. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the former Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War. Good times. Then in the span of six years, the world faced a series of appalling headlines: the Rwandan genocide, ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, the first African “world war” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and at least three other civil wars (Chechnya, Kosovo, and East Timor).
The 21st century got off to a shaky start. A nation’s emergency phone number took on a different meaning. The first day of school became a nightmare in another country. Mother Nature demonstrated once again who was in charge.
When tragedy strikes—be it natural disaster or man-made unrest—what should you do? Regardless of your decision, you should arm yourself with information. We have compiled below a list of events since
2000 and related Web sites. You should be able to access most newspaper and magazine articles on-line through your local library (using the InfoTrac database, for example). The year following a video/audio or print source is the original broadcast or publication date.
Reminder: To open one of the following Web pages in a new window, press SHIFT+left click. Or you can right-click on an external link and then select from a menu.
2010/04/20Gulf Coast, U.S.A.2005/08/29Gulf Coast, U.S.A.
- Official city/county sites (cityofno.com, co.harrison.ms.us)
- Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/hurricane_katrina)
- HurricaneHousing.org (hurricanehousing.org)
- National Center for Missing Adults (theyaremissed.org)
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (missingkids.com)
- craigslist (craigslist.org)
- Video
- PBS: “Nova” (pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ [click on Disasters, then Storm That Drowned a City]) [2005]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Social Issues/Race/Religion, then click on The Storm]) [2005]
- PBS: “Nature” (pbs.org/wnet/nature/ [click on Episode Index, then Katrina’s Animal Rescue]) [2005]
- NBC: “Dateline NBC” (dateline.msnbc.com [search for “Katrina”]) [2005]
- ABC: “In the Path of Katrina” (abcnews.com) [2005]
- ABC: “Primetime” (abcnews.com [click on Primetime, then search for “In the Path of Katrina”]) [2005]
- ABC: “Primetime” (abcnews.com [click on Primetime, then search for “Moment of Crisis: System Failure”]) [2005]
- ABC: “20/20” (abcnews.com [click on 20/20, then search for “State of Emergency”]) [2005]
- ABC: “Nightline” (abcnews.com [click on Nightline, then search for “My New Orleans” or “State of Emergency” or “Katrina Revisited”]) [2005]
- CBS: “48 Hours” (cbsnews.com [click on 48 Hours, then search for “Disaster in the Delta”]) [2005]
- CNN: Coverage of Katrina relief (cnn.com) [2005]
- Fox News Channel: Coverage of Katrina relief (foxnews.com) [2005]
- The Science Channel: “Science of the Deep: Coastal Crisis” (sciencechannel.com, see also Books section below) [2005]
- Various networks: “Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast” [2005]
- PBS: “Live From Lincoln Center” (jalc.org [look for “Higher Ground”]) [2005]
- Print
- The Times-Picayune: Coverage of Katrina aftermath (nola.com) [2005]
- Music
- Various Artists, “Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now” (hurricanereliefcd.org) [2005]
- [See our selection of Gulf Coast music]
2005/07/07London, England, U.K.2004/12/26Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, et al.November 2004 – PresentNiger2004/09/01 – 2004/09/03Beslan, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia2004/03/11Madrid, SpainMarch 2004 – PresentDarfur, Sudan2003/03/20 – PresentIraq
- Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq)
- Faces of the Fallen (facesofthefallen.org)
- The Center for Public Integrity (publicintegrity.org/wow/ [reporting on U.S. contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, “Windfalls of War”])
- Project for the New American Century (newamericancentury.org)
- The Iraq Body Count Project (iraqbodycount.org)
- Video
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Foreign Affairs/Defense, then click on The Invasion of Iraq]) [2004]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Foreign Affairs/Defense, then click on Truth, War and Consequences]) [2003]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Foreign Affairs/Defense, then click on The Long Road to War]) [2003]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Foreign Affairs/Defense, then click on The Torture Question]) [2005]
- ABC: “Nightline” (abcnews.com [click on Nightline, then search for “Tip of the Spear”]) [2003]
- ABC: “Nightline” (abcnews.com [click on Nightline, then search for “Dear Marine…”]) [2005]
- CBS: “60 Minutes II” (cbsnews.com [click on 60 Minutes II, then search for “Abuse at Abu Ghraib”]) [2004]
- CBS: “60 Minutes” (cbsnews.com [click on 60 Minutes, then search for “All in the Family”]) [2003]
- HBO: “Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops From the Battlefields of Iraq” (hbo.com [click on Documentaries, then Docs Catalog, then I-R, then Last Letters Home]) [2004]
- Documentary film: “Occupation: Dreamland” (occupationdreamland.com) [2005]
- Documentary film: “Gunner Palace” (gunnerpalace.com) [2004]
- Documentary film: “Control Room” (controlroommovie.com) [2004]
- Documentary short: “Soldiers Pay” (soldierspaythemovie.com) [2004]
- Audio
- NPR: Coverage of war in Iraq, especially Ann Garrels’ reporting (npr.org) [2003-04]
- Print
- The New York Times: Dexter Filkins’ reporting on the fighting in Falluja (nytimes.com) [2004]
- The Washington Post: Anne Hall and Tamara Jones’ reporting on the wounded soldiers returning from Iraq (washingtonpost.com) [2003]
- The Washington Post: Anthony Shadid’s reporting on Iraqis (washingtonpost.com, see also Books section below) [2003]
- The Washington Post: Reporting on Abu Ghraib prison (washingtonpost.com) [2004]
- Los Angeles Times: David Zucchino’s reporting on combat in Iraq (latimes.com, see also Books section below) [2003]
- The Star-Ledger: Borzou Daragahi’s reporting on the war in Iraq (nj.com/starledger/) [2004]
- Rolling Stone: Evan Wright’s series of articles on a Marine platoon in Iraq, “The Killer Elite” (rollingstone.com, see also Books section below) [2003]
- The New Yorker: Seymour M. Hersh’s reporting on Abu Ghraib prison (newyorker.com, see also Books section below) [2004]
- The Lancet: Report on Iraqi casualties, “Mortality Before and After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Cluster Sample Survey” (dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17441-2 [click on Article via ScienceDirect]) [2004]
2002/10/12Kuta, Bali, Indonesia2001/10/07 – PresentAfghanistan
- Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan)
- Video
- CNN: “CNN Presents” (cnn.com [click on CNN TV, then CNN Presents, then Full Archive, then Beneath the Veil under 2001], c4i.tv [search for “Beneath the Veil”], see also Books section below) [2001]
- BBC: “BBC World News” (bbcnews.com) [2001]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Foreign Affairs/Defense, then click on The Torture Question]) [2005]
- Film: “Osama” (mgm.com/ua/osama/) [2003]
- Audio
- NPR: Coverage of war in Afghanistan (npr.org) [2001]
- Print
- The New York Times: Dexter Filkins’ reporting on the war in Afghanistan (nytimes.com) [2001]
- The New York Times: Barry Bearak’s reporting on Afghanistan’s civil war (nytimes.com) [2001]
- The Atlantic Monthly: Mark Bowden’s reporting on Guantanamo Bay prison, “The Dark Art of Interrogation” (theatlantic.com, see also Books section below) [2003]
2001/09/11New York City, N.Y.; Arlington, Va.; Shanksville, Pa., U.S.A.
- Official city/county site (nyc.gov, co.arlington.va.us, co.somerset.pa.us)
- Wikipedia (wikipedia.org/wiki/new_york_city, wikipedia.org/wiki/washington_dc, wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania)
- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9-11 Commission) (9-11commission.gov, see also Books section below) [site frozen as of September 2004]
- September 11th Families Association (9/11 Widows and Victims’ Families Association) (911wvfa.org)
- Video
- PBS: “The Road to 9/11” (weta.org/pressroom/roadto911) [2005]
- PBS: “American Experience” (pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/, ricburns.com [click on New York: A Documentary Film or click on The Center of the World]) [2003]
- PBS: “Frontline” (pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ [select Social Issues/Race/Religion, then click on Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero]) [2002]
- HBO: “In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01” (hbo.com [click on Documentaries, then Docs Catalog, then I-R, then In Memoriam]) [2002]
- The History Channel: “The Day the Towers Fell” (history.com) [2002]
- National Geographic Channel: “Inside 9/11” (nationalgeographic.com/channel/) [2005]
- Discovery Channel: “The Flight That Fought Back” (discoverychannel.com) [2005]
- ABC: Coverage of September 11 (abcnews.com) [2001]
- ABC: “Nightline” (abcnews.com [click on Nightline, then search for “The Survivors”]) [2002]
- CBS: “9/11” (Naudet documentary) (cbsnews.com, imdb.com) [2002]
- CBS: “60 Minutes” (cbsnews.com [click on 60 Minutes, then search for “America’s Worst Nightmare?”]) [2000]
- CNN: Nic Robertson’s reporting on Al Qaeda training tapes (cnn.com) [2002]
- Various networks: “America: A Tribute to Heroes” (tributetoheroesmusic.org, imdb.com, tenthplanet.net) [2001]
- Audio
- NPR: Coverage of September 11 (npr.org) [2001]
- NPR: The Sonic Memorial Project (npr.org, sonicmemorial.org) [2002]
- Print
- The New York Times: “A Nation Challenged” special section (nytimes.com) [2001]
- The New York Times: Thomas Friedman’s columns on terrorism (nytimes.com, see also Books section below) [2001]
- The New York Times: Profiles of victims in “Portraits of Grief” (nytimes.com, see also Books section below) [2001-02]
- Chicago Tribune: Reporting on deportation after September 11, “Tossed out of America” (chicagotribune.com) [2003]
- The Village Voice: Nat Hentoff’s columns on civil liberties after September 11 (villagevoice.com, see also Books section below) [2001]
- Time: September 11 special issue (time.com) [2001]
- The New Yorker: September 11 special issue (newyorker.com) [2001]
- The New Yorker: Bernard Lewis’ essay on Islam (newyorker.com, see also Books section below) [2001]
CharitiesMiscellanyBooks [with library call numbers]
Baker, Peter, and Susan Glasser.
Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. New York: Scribner/Lisa Drew, 2005. [947.086 B*]
Barry, John M.
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America. New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1997. [977.03 B*]
Bowden, Mark.
Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts. New York: Grove/Atlantic/Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. [070.92 B*]
Charny, Israel W., ed.
Encyclopedia of Genocide. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [364.151 E*]
Coll, Steve.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. New York: The Penguin Group/Penguin Books, 2004. [958.1045 C*]
Colten, Craig E.
An Unnatural Metropolis: Wrestling New Orleans From Nature. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. [304.2809 C*]
Crowley, Roger.
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West. New York: Hyperion, 2005. [949.6198 C*]
Dunne, Mike.
America’s Wetland: Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. [333.918 D*]
Fontana, Marian.
A Widow’s Walk: A Memoir of 9/11. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. [974.7104 F*]
Friedman, Thomas L.
Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism (originally published as
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11). Exp. ed. New York: Random House/Anchor Books, 2002/2003. [973.931 F*]
Hedges, Chris.
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. New York: Random House/Anchor Books, 2002. [355.02 H*]
Hentoff, Nat.
The War on the Bill of Rights—and the Gathering Resistance. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003/2004. [323.4909 H*]
Hersh, Seymour M.
Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Perennial, 2004/2005. [973.931 H*]
Hoge, James F., Jr., and Gideon Rose, eds.
How Did This Happen?: Terrorism and the New War. New York: Perseus Books Group/PublicAffairs/PublicAffairs Reports, 2001. [363.3209 H*] (
foreignaffairs.org)
Kelman, Ari.
The River and Its City: The Nature of Landscape in New Orleans. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2003. [304.0097 K*]
Kinzer, Stephen.
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. [955.053 K*]
Larson, Erik.
Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Random House/Vintage Books, 1999. [976.4139 L*]
Lewis, Bernard.
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror. New York: Random House, 2003. [297.72 L*]
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What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East (originally published as
What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response). New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Perennial, 2002. [956.015 L*]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004 [973.931 N*] (
9-11commission.gov)
The New York Times.
Portraits: 9/11/01—The Collected “Portraits of Grief” From The New York Times. 2nd ed. New York: Henry Holt and Co./Times Books, 2003. [974.7104 P*]
Power, Samantha.
A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Perennial, 2002. [304.663 P*]
Rossi, M.L.
What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today’s Hot Spots, Hot Shots and Incendiary Issues. New York: The Penguin Group/Plume, 2003. [909.83 R*]
Seierstad, Asne.
The Bookseller of Kabul, trans. Ingrid Christophersen. New York: Time Warner Book Group/Little, Brown and Co./Back Bay Books, 2002/2003. [958.1 S*]
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A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal, trans. Ingrid Christophersen. New York: Perseus Books Group/Basic Books, 2003/2004. [956.7044 S*]
Shadid, Anthony.
Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005. [956.7044 S*]
Shah, Saira.
The Storyteller’s Daughter: One Woman’s Return to Her Lost Homeland. New York: Random House/Anchor Books, 2003. [958.1046 S*]
Tidwell, Mike.
Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. New York: Random House/Vintage Books/Vintage Departures, 2003. [976.3009 T*]
Tolstoy, Leo.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich, trans. Lynn Solotaroff. New York: Random House/Bantam Dell/Bantam Classic, 1886/1981. [Fiction T*]
Wilder, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey. New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Perennial/Perennial Classics, 1927/2003. [Fiction W*] (
thorntonwilderbooks.com)
Winchester, Simon.
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded—August 27, 1883. New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Perennial, 2003. [551.2109 W*] (
simonwinchester.com)
Wright, Evan.
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War. New York: The Penguin Group/The Berkley Publishing Group/Berkley Caliber, 2004. [956.7044 W*]
Zucchino, David.
Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad. New York: Grove/Atlantic/Grove Press, 2004/2005. [956.7044 Z*]
Juvenile and Young Adult LiteratureBush, Catherine.
Gandhi (World Leaders Past & Present). New York: Main Line Book/Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. [J 954.035 G*/J 921 G*]
The EarthWorks Group.
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth. Kansas City, Mo.: Universal Press Syndicate/Andrews and McMeel, 1990. [J 363.7052 F*/J 363.728 F*]
Maestro, Betsy.
The Story of Religion. New York: Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, 1996. [J 291 M*]
Stickney, Doris.
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 1982. [J 306.9 S*]
Picture BooksGerstein, Mordicai.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Brookfield, Conn.: The Millbrook Press/Roaring Brook Press, 2003.
Kalman, Maira.
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey. New York: The Penguin Group/Penguin Young Readers Group/Puffin Books, 2002. [Ages 3+] (
fireboat.org)
Note that the call numbers may vary from library to library.
Publisher Web Sites| Publisher | Web Site |
|---|
| Anchor Books | anchorbooks.com |
| Bantam Dell | bantamdell.com |
| Basic Books | basicbooks.com |
| Grove/Atlantic | groveatlantic.com |
| HarperCollins Publishers | harpercollins.com, authortracker.com |
| Henry Holt and Co. | henryholt.com |
| Houghton Mifflin | houghtonmifflinbooks.com |
| Hyperion | hyperionbooks.com |
| John Wiley & Sons | wiley.com |
| Louisiana State University Press | lsu.edu/lsupress |
| The Millbrook Press | lernerbooks.com |
| The Penguin Group | penguin.com |
| Penguin Young Readers Group | penguin.com/youngreaders |
| Perennial (Harper Perennial) | harperperennial.com |
| Perennial Classics | perennialclassics.com |
| PublicAffairs | publicaffairsbooks.com |
| Random House | atrandom.com |
| Scribner | simonsays.com |
| Seven Stories Press | sevenstories.com |
| Simon & Schuster | simonsays.com |
| Time Warner Book Group | twbookmark.com |
| University of California Press | ucpress.edu |
| W.W. Norton & Co. | wwnorton.com |
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