Century of Genocide Utopias of Race and Nation

Name: Century of Genocide Utopias of Race and Nation
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ISBN: 9780691122717

ISBN-10: 0691122717

ISBN-13: 9780691122717

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eric D. Weitz

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Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented? Blending gripping narrative with trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's major eruptions of genocide: the Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and the former Yugoslavia. Drawing on historical sources as well as trial records, memoirs, novels, and poems, Weitz explains the prevalence of genocide in the twentieth century--and shows…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.06" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English