| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 654 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Genocide of the Hereros / Jon Bridgman and Lelie J. Worley -- The Armenian genocide / Rouben Paul Adalian -- Soviet man-made famine in Ukraine / James E. Mace -- Holocaust: the genocide of the Jews / Donald L. Niewyk -- Holocaust: the Gypsies / Sybil Milton -- Holocaust: the genocide of disabled peoples / Hugh Gregory Gallagher -- The Indonesian massacres / Robert Cribb -- Genocide in East Timor / James Dunn -- Genocide in Bangladesh / Rounaq Jahan -- The Burundi genocide / Rene Lamarchand -- The Cambodian genocide 1975-1979 / Ben Kiernan -- Guatemala: acts of genocide and scorched-earth counterinsurgency war / Susanne Jonas -- Physical and cultural genocide of indigenous peoples / Robert K. Hitchcock and Tara M. Twedt -- The Anfal operations in Iraqi Kurdistan / Michiel Leezenberg -- The 1994 Rwanda genocide / Rene Lemarchand -- Genocide violence in the former Yugoslavia: Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo / Martin Mennecke -- The Darfur genocide / Samuel Totten -- Easier said than done: the challenges of preventing and responding to genocide / Bridget Conley-Zilkic and Samuel Totten. |
| Summary |
The Rwandan government forces, as well as Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and German, Bosnian and U.S. governments, have all been guilty of the destruction of their indigenous cultures. This book analyses the major atrocities of our times, including recent cases of genocide in Yugoslavia and Iraq. |
| Subject |
Genocide -- History -- 20th century.
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Crimes against humanity -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1904-2007
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| Added Author |
Totten, Samuel.
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Parsons, William S. (William Spencer), 1945-
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| ISBN |
9780415990844 |
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041599084X |
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9780415990851 paperback |
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0415990858 paperback |
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