About this site

This site is completely independent and noncommercial. It is the product of a single author. Selection of the persons featured in the hero and killer files has been entirely at the author's discretion.

The facts (dates, times, places, events) provided on the site are as accurate as could be determined from credible sources available on the internet, from news reports in the print, radio and television media, and from other credible published texts. The files will be revised as new information comes to hand and new entries will be added as they are researched.

Sources and acknowledgements

In compiling the hero and killer files, information has been sourced from hundreds of sites across the internet. Reference material has also been sourced from the print and electronic media and from other credible published texts. Graphics have been purloined and used without attribution or permission and at the risk of infringing copyright. But this site is independent, noncommercial and hopefully educational, and the graphics have all been modified to some extent. They are reproduced on the basis of the doctrine of "fair use".

Among all the content available on the internet there are some sites that, for the purpose of this undertaking, have been consistently outstanding and deserve special mention.

The United States Library of Congress Country Studies Series provides in-depth and authoritative studies of the 101 countries and regions it covers, although most of the articles are now somewhat dated. The pages on www.moreorless.au.com are often critical of the US and its foreign policy over the years, but the Country Studies Series, which contains documents that are also often critical of the government which it represents, shows just why the US is a truly great democracy.

The Nobel Foundation's website pages covering the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize include several of the heroes found here. The comments and insights contained in the speeches and articles featured on the site give a more human dimension to the hard facts.

Further credible and authoritative background information has been sourced from websites such as:

• AsiaSource: Asia Biography
• The Avalon Project : 20th Century Documents
• Encarta
• EuroDocs
• Freedom, Democide, War
• Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• Time 100 - People of the Century
• Time 100 - The Most Influential Asians of the Century
• US Department of State's Background Notes
• Web Genocide Documentation Centre
• Women World Leaders - 1945-2004
• World History Archives
• World History at KLMA

Several on-line "journals of record" have also been referred to regularly for source material and confirmation of facts. Included among these are:

• Guardian Unlimited
• The Independent
• The New York Times
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Washington Post

The "more information" links from each hero and killer file connect to the site(s) that are considered to contain the best, most complete and most balanced material covering the subject. Links have been created to these sites without permission or attribution. The internet is supposed to be about the free flow of information. This site fully embraces that spirit.

There are also several other sites on the internet covering subject matter similar to that featured here. For example:

• Dictator of the Month!
• The Dictatorship.com
• Political Heroes

Disclaimer

References and links to external sites are provided as an information service only and should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement. Conversely, omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement.

Although every care has been taken to provide links to suitable material from this site, the nature of the internet prevents any guarantee of the suitability, completeness or accuracy of any of the material that this site may be linked to.

Consequently, this site can accept no responsibility for unsuitable or inaccurate material that may be encountered. Also, there is no guarantee that any of the sites listed will be available at any particular time.

All of the material published on this site is for global distribution. However, the site cannot guarantee that the material is complete or correct. The site therefore takes no responsibility for outcomes that may arise from the use, quotation or reference to the facts, comments and opinions contained within.