Her first book, “Techno-Bandits”, was co-authored with Nick Anning and David Hedbitch in 1984, and told the story of the US Department of Defense's attempts to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring American technology.
[citation needed] In the 1990s, her focus shifted somewhat to the United Nations - starting with The Ultimate Crime (Allison and Busby, 1995) - an investigation into the secret aspects of the first 50 years of UN history.
Canadian academic Gerard Caplan called it a "good, solid book",[7] while former ICTR Prosecutor Teree Bowers hailed it as a "riveting, comprehensive overview".
[9] Scott Straus, another prominent expert on Africa and Rwanda, had a similar analysis, arguing that while "the book's depiction of the genocide, does not depart from the now-standard portrayal", it adds value by "presenting fresh new details, anecdotes, and evidence".
Roméo Dallaire, force commander of UNAMIR during the events of 1994, also endorsed the book in The Globe and Mail, praising how it highlighted how "individuals with everything to lose ... manipulate[d] the next generation into revisionists and genocide deniers.
Throughout the book, several scholars and other writers, including the author of this review, are accused of denial, although they unambiguously acknowledge the historical fact that the Rwandan Tutsi have been the victims of genocide.