| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 x 21 cm. |
| Series |
Defining documents in world history |
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Defining documents in world history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 1. What is Genocide? Genocide ; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ; President's Commission on the Holocaust -- Ancient Genocides. King James Bible, Numbers, Chapter 31: Destruction of the Midianites ; Destruction of Carthage ; Asiatic Vespers: The Mithridatic Wars ; The Wars of the Jews: Siege of Jotapata ; The Destruction of Nishapur -- Religious Genocide. The Ali Hassan Al-Majid Tapes: The Anfal Campaign against the Kurds ; Response of 106th U.S. Congress to Armenian Genocide ; House of Representatives Resolution on the Persecution of Falun Gong in China ; "Those Terrible Weeks in Their Camp" ; "They Came to Destroy": ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis ; "Eradicating Ideological Viruses" ; House of Representatives Regarding United States Policy Recognizing the Semele Massacre of 1933 ; European Parliament Resolution on the Systematic Mass Murder of Religious Minorities -- Political Genocide ; Report to US Secretary of State on German Atrocities in Belgium ; "I Will Never Forget": Voices of Survivors ; Ethiopia: The Red Terror ; Protest Speech Against the Vietnam War ; Framework for the African Union ; Speech Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Herero Uprising ; Investigation of the Ukrainian Famine, 1932-33: Report to Congress ; "France Opens Its Archives on Rwandan Genocide to the Public" ; "Has Genocide Occurred in Rwanda?" ; Congressional Resolution Regarding Khmer Rouge and Cambodian Genocide ; The Digital Archive of Cambodia Holocaust Survivors, Eyewitness Testimony ; Testimonial from the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields. |
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Volume 2. Ethnic Cleansing. Letter to the American Ambassador on the Armenian Genocide ; Young Turks: Proclamation of 1908 ; Survivors of the Srebrenica Massacres Tell Their Stories ; The Crisis in Darfur: Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; We Buried the Skeletons: Civil War in Biafra ; Guatemalan Genocide: Los Dos Erres ; A Child Soldier's Darfur Confession: "I Shot Her. She Is Dead." ; The Policy of Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia ; Statement to Mark Romani Genocide Remembrance Day ; UN Official Cites Horrific Crimes against Rohingya -- The Nazi Holocaust. Quaker Letter Regarding the Plight of German Jews ; Memo To The US State Department Regarding Nazi Plans To Eliminate Jews ; Cable to Rabbi Stephen Wise about the Final Solution ; Speech About the War and Human Freedom ; Meeting of American Jewish Leaders with President Roosevelt ; Telegram Confirming Reports of Mass Executions of Polish Jews ; Memo on Army Policy about Rescue of Refugees ; Refusal of Proposed Air Action to Impede Deportation of Jews ; What is Holocaust Denial? -- The Americas. President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress on Indian Removal ; The Sand Creek Massacre ; A Century of Dishonor: Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes ; Ida B. Wells Speech on Lynching ; "We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People" ; How Genocide Wiped Out a Native American Population ; Brazilian Experts Warn of Uncontacted Tribes "Genocide" After Sacking of Government Coordinator -- The Aftermath of Genocide. Agreement and Charter for International Conference on Military Trials ; Second Day of the Nuremberg Trials: Opening Address for the United States ; Truman on the Immigration of Jews to Palestine ; The Nuremberg Code and Medical Ethics ; International Military Tribunal for the Far East: Judgment of 4 November 1948 ; Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia ; International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Prosecutor versus Jean-Paul Akayesu ; Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 -- Chronological List -- Web Resources -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Offers in-depth analysis of 63 primary source documents, tracing the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today. These include book excerpts, speeches, political debates, testimony, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, and interviews. The first volume of this set focuses on The Mithridatic Wars, the Framework for the African Union, the President's Commission on the Holocaust, and ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis. The second volume is dedicated to themes such as ethnic cleansing, the Nazi Holocaust and the aftermath of genocide, including: The Crisis in Darfur, the Civil War in Biafra, the Refusal of Proposed Air Action to Impede Deportation of Jews, and Elie Wiesel's Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. These documents, and more, provide an overview of the history and contemporary issues surrounding genocide and the Holocaust."-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Genocide -- History -- Sources.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- History -- Sources.
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Genocide. (OCoLC)fst00940208
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
O'Neal, Michael, 1949- editor.
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| Added Title |
Genocide and the Holocaust |
| ISBN |
9781637000137 (set) |
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1637000138 (set) |
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9781637000151 (volume 1) |
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1637000154 (volume 1) |
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9781637000168 (volume 2) |
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1637000162 (volume 2) |
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9781637000144 (ebook) |
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