Century of Genocide : Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts

by Totten; Samuel

• ISBN13: 9780415990844
• ISBN10: 041599084X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Editors	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Genocide of the Hereros	p. 17
The Armenian Genocide	p. 55
Soviet Man-Made Famine in Ukraine	p. 95
Holocaust: The Genocide of the Jews	p. 129
Holocaust: The Gypsies	p. 163
Holocaust: The Genocide of Disabled Peoples	p. 207
The Indonesian Massacres	p. 235
Genocide in East Timor	p. 265
Genocide in Bangladesh	p. 297
The Burundi Genocide	p. 323
The Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979	p. 341
Guatemala: Acts of Genocide and Scorched-Earth Counterinsurgency War	p. 377
Physical and Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Peoples	p. 413
The Anfal Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 461
The 1994 Rwanda Genocide	p. 483
Genocidal Violence in the Former Yugoslavia: Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo	p. 507
The Darfur Genocide	p. 555
Easier Said Than Done: The Challenges of Preventing and Responding to Genocide	p. 609
Index	p. 637
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