Specter of Genocide Mass Murder in Historical Perspective

Name: Specter of Genocide Mass Murder in Historical Perspective
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ISBN: 9780521527507

ISBN-10: 0521527503

ISBN-13: 9780521527507

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert Gellately, Ben Kiernan

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Genocide, mass murder and human rights abuses are arguably the most perplexing and deeply troubling aspects of recent world history. This collection of essays by leading international experts offers an up-to-date, comprehensive history and analyses of multiple cases of genocide and genocidal acts, with a focus on the twentieth century. The book contains studies of the Armenian genocide, the victims of Stalinist terror, the Holocaust, and Imperial Japan. Several authors explore colonialism and address the fate of the indigenous peoples in Africa, North America, and Australia. As well, there is extensive coverage of the post-1945 period, including the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia,…

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List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English




Introduction




Genocide and Modernity



Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East




The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century




Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and micro-history of mass murder




Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity




Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Issues



Indigenous peoples genocide: rhetoric of human rights




Military culture and the production of 'final solutions' in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany




East Timor: counter-insurgency and genocide




The Era of the Two World Wars



Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war




The mechanism of a mass crime: the 'great terror' in the Soviet Union, 1937ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1938




The third reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide




Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of 'genocide'




Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1945



'When the world turned to chaos': 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia




Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia




Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state




History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1983 genocide




Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1999




Conclusions



The specter of genocide