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The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective

Robert Gellately (Editor), Ben Kiernan (Editor)
"This collection of essays by leading international experts offers an up-to-date, comprehensive history and analysis 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, Bali, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, East Timor, and Guatemala. The book emphasizes the importance of comparative analysis and theoretical discussion, and it raises new questions about the difficult challenges for modernity constituted by genocide and other mass crimes."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2003
x, 396 pages ; 24 cm
9780521820639, 9780521527507, 0521820634, 0521527503
50519350
Introduction. The study of mass murder and genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan
pt. I. Genocide and modernity. Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East Timor / Ben Kiernan
The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century / Eric D. Weitz
Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and microhistory of mass murder / Omer Bartov
Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity / Marie Fleming
pt. II. Indigenous peoples and colonial issues. Genocides of indigenous peoples: rhetoric of human rights / Elazar Barkan
Military culture and the production of "final solutions" in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany / Isabel V. Hull
"Encirclement and annihilation": the Indonesian occupation of East Timor / John G. Taylor
pt. III. The era of the two World Wars. Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war / Jay Winter
The mechanism of a mass crime: the great terror in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 / Nicolas Werth
The Third Reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide / Robert Gellately
Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of genocide / Gavan McCormack
pt. IV. Genocide and mass murder since 1945. "When the world turned to chaos": 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma
Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi
Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state / Robert Melson
History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide / Greg Grandin
Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin
Conclusions. Investigating genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan
Appendix. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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