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Will Genocide Ever End?

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ISBN-10: 1557788197

ISBN-13: 9781557788191

Edition: 2002

Authors: John K. Roth, James M. Smith, Carol Rittner, James M. Roth, John Roth

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These essays by some of the most distinguished specialists in genocide studies provide a broad introduction to the subject of genocide.
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Publication date: 9/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.97" wide x 8.89" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

John K. Roth is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has taught since 1966. He has written, coauthored, or edited more than twenty-five books, including, most recently, "Ethics after the Holocaust" & major contributions to "The Holocaust Chronicle".

Carol Rittner, R.S.M. is distinguished professor of Holocaust Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She is the editor or coeditor of a number of books, including "The Holocaust & the Christian World". She is the executive producer of two films, one of which, "The Courage to Care", was nominated for a 1986 Academy Award in the Short Documentary category.

Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
What is Genocide?
The Politics of Definition
As Old As History
The UN Convention
Understanding the "G" Word
States of Genocide and Other States
Ethnic Cleansing
Population Elimination
What are the Causes and Mechanisms of Genocide?
A Twentieth-Century Phenomenon?
Circumstances of Modern Genocide
Psychological Foundations
Mechanisms of Genocide
Using Rape as a Weapon of Genocide
Identifying Genocide
Understanding Genocide
What Can Be Done About Genocide?
What Can Be Done?
Identifying Precursors
Anticipating Genocide
Early Warning and Genocide Prevention
Controlling Genocide in the Twenty-First Century
Studying the Roots of Genocide
Prosecuting the Perpetrators
Using Civil Litigation to Achieve Some Justice
Will Genocide Ever End?
Genocide: Everyone's Problem
A Task Whose Time Has Come
Genocide is History
War Crimes Trials
Will Genocide Ever End?
Cautious Optimism
Epilogue
Beyond the Darkness?
Appendices
Excerpts from Selected Documents
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Statute of the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia
Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda
Statute of the International Criminal Court
Questions for Discussion
Selected Genocide Websites
Acronyms
Bibliography
Contributors
Index