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Man's Inhumanity to Man

Man's inhumanity to man has been written about in poetry and prose for centuries and the line that separates disturbances and tensions from armed conflict can sometimes be blurred.

Here is a range of resources located in the Mary MacKillop Library that look at conflict and the effect it has had on generations of people with often devastating consequences.

'Cry 'Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war' 

                                                     William Shakespeare (1564-1616)Julius Caesar III:1

Origins
Library Resources
Picture Books
Graphic Novels
World Conflict
Post 1945 Conflict
eReserve
Web Resources

Origins

The origin of the phrase 'Man's inhumanity to man' - was coined by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), and is always used with a sense of regret.  It was used in his poem From Man was made to Mourn: a Dirge, 1785: 

'Man sharp the num'rous ills

Inwoven with our frame!

More pointed still we make ourselves

Regret, remorse, and shame!

And Man, whose heav'n-erected face

The smiles of love adorn, -

Man's inhumanity to man

Make countless thousands mourn!'

Picture Books

World War I

Gallipoli

World War II

Holocaust

Hiroshima

Post World War II

Graphic Novels

World War I

World War II

Post 1945 Conflicts

Balkins

Middle East

World Conflict

Traditionally, the term international conflict" referred to conflicts between national states, such as occurred in the major World Wars between 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.  Increasingly it also applies to inter-group conflicts within one country when one group is fighting for independence or increased social, political, or economic power, e.g. Sudan/South Sudan, Iraq and Syria.

                   Malek Kate, Burgess Heidi, 2013, International Conflict

Take the opportunity to read some of the resources on the Library's shelves.  Many are written by people involved, or who have been affected by these conflicts; therefore they provide the reader with a unique insight into these 20th and 21st century hostilities.

World War I (1914-1918)

On the shelves

Gallipoli

Online

Word War II (1939-1945)

On the shelves

Online

Holocaust

On our shelves

Online

Japan

On our shelves

  • A Boy's war by David J Michell
  • Hiroshima by John Hersey
  • Yoko's diary: the life of a young girl in Hiroshima during World War II edited by Paul Ham; translated by Deborah Edwards

Online

Post 1945 Conflict

General

Web resources - International

Web resources - Australia

Afghanistan

On the shelves

Online

  • Australian Story: When the War is Over - 4 April 2018 [28:57]
  • United Nations: Human Rights - Afghanistan: 10,000 civilian casualties in 2017 - UN report suicide attacks and IEDs caused a higher number of death and injuries [Report from February 2018]

Middle East

Online

Gulf War

On the shelves

Online

Iraq

On the shelves

 Online

Syria

On the shelves

Online

Asia

Vietnam

On the shelves

Online

Europe

On the shelves

Online

Balkans

On the shelves

Online

Africa

On the shelves

Online

eReserve

There are several articles related to "Man's inhumanity to man" in eReserve.

Web Resources

General

Commentary

Referencing advice: if you are studying a senior TASC English course, you should be using MLA8 to build your references in a Works Cited List. If you are in years 7-10, you should be using Harvard, as it is the school default referencing system. Please refer to the Library referencing guides for more detailed advice.