Genocide

by Altman, Linda Jacobs

• ISBN13: 9780766033580
• ISBN10: 0766033589
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc

Summary

Genocide can be defined as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Author Linda Jacobs Altman examines genocide throughout the ages, focusing especially on the Holocaust, forced famine in the Ukraine under Stalin, war against the American Indians, Cambodia's killing fields, and such recent examples as conflicts in Bosnia and Darfur. She looks at what causes this horrific practice and what might be done to avert it in the future.

Table of Contents

The Night of Broken Glass	p. 7
Genocide: A History of Atrocity	p. 11
The War Against Native Americans	p. 20
The Armenian Genocide	p. 32
Forced Famine in Ukraine	p. 43
The Holocaust	p. 51
Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust	p. 62
The Killing Fields of Cambodia	p. 71
Genocide in a Changing World	p. 82
Facing Genocide in the New Millennium	p. 95
Toward Diversity and Tolerance	p. 105
Chapter Notes	p. 112
Glossary	p. 120
Further Reading	p. 122
Internet Addresses	p. 124
Index	p. 125
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