| Description |
xiii, 393 pages 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Introduction: Defining the Horrific -- 1. Close to Home: Native American Genocide -- 2. What Is Yours Is Mine: Colonialism -- 3. The Almost Forgotten Genocide: Armenia -- 4. Death by Hunger: Ukraine -- 5. The Holocaust -- 6. Myths and History: Manchuria -- 7. There Are Bombs, and There Are Bombs: Hiroshima -- 8. Death by Hunger Reprise: China -- 9. Rwanda, Sudan, Angola: Case Studies: Post-Colonial Africa -- 10. With Friends Like These Case Studies: Argentina and Guatemala -- 11. Cambodian ! @Autogenocide" -- 12. Case Studies: Indonesia and East Timor, and Bangladesh -- 13. Ethnic Cleansing: Bosnia -- 14. A Tough Neighborhood: The Middle East -- 15. Bastard Child of the Cold War: North Korea -- Epilogue: Commission by Omissior |
| Summary |
Summary: "With a wide-ranging scope, this anthology is a brief, chronological introduction to the geographic, ideological, cultural breadth, and frequency of genocide in the twentieth century. It contains provocative questions and several case studies."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Genocide -- History -- 20th century.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Crimes against humanity -- History -- 20th century.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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Totalitarianism -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Hewitt, William (William L.), 1947-
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| LC no. |
2003052829 |
| ISBN |
013110084X alkaline paper |
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