Century of Genocide

Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-415-99084-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 654 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Through powerful first-person accounts, scholarly analysis, and compelling narrative,Century of Genocide details the causes and ramifications of the genocides perpetrated in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Historical context provides the necessary background on the actors and victims to help us better understand these episodes of atrocious political violence.

The third edition has been carefully updated and features new chapters on the genocides in Darfur, in Guatemala, and against indigenous peoples the world over. The volume concludes with a consideration of the methods of prevention and intervention of future genocides.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Totten, Samuel

Parsons, William S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionSamuel Totten and William S. Parsons 1. Genocide of the Hereros Jon Bridgman and Leslie J. Worley 2. The Armenian Genocide Rouben Paul Adalian 3. Soviet Man-made Famine in Ukraine James E. Mace 4. Holocaust: The Genocide of the Jews Donald L. Niewyk 5. Holocaust: The GypsiesSybil Milton 6. Holocaust: The Genocide of Disabled PeoplesHugh Gregory Gallagher 7. The Indonesian Massacres Robert Cribb 8. Genocide in East Timor James Dunn 9. Genocide in Bangladesh Rounaq Jahan 10. The Burundi GenocideRené Lemarchand 11. The Cambodian Genocide – 1975-1979Ben Kiernan 12. Guatemala: Acts of Genocide and Scorched Earth Counterinsurgency War Susanne Jonas 13. Physical and Cultural Genocide of Indigenous PeoplesRobert K. Hitchcock and Tara M. Twedt 14. The Anfal Operations in Iraqi KurdistanMichiel Leezenberg 15. The Rwanda GenocideRené Lemarchand 16. Genocide in Bosnia and HerzegovinaMartin Mennecke 17. Genocide in Darfur, SudanSamuel Totten 18. Easier Said Than Done: The Challenges of Preventing and Responding to GenocideBridget Conley-Zilkic and Samuel Totten

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel Totten is a Professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and co-founding editor of Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. He has also been a Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for Conflict Management, National University of Rwanda.
William S. Parsons is Chief of Staff for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.