Massacres : an historical perspective / Eric Carlton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-192) and index.

Morality and moral systems -- Massacre as a military norm : Mzilikazi and the Matabele -- Massacre by 'consent' : mass killing as a sacrificial offering -- The Greek experience I : massacre as a military postscript -- The Greek experience II : massacre as a political expedient -- Roman slavery I : massacre as social retribution -- Roman slavery II : massacre as condign punishment -- Massacre as a spectator sport : the Roman games -- Massacre as a succession device : Achaemenid Persia -- Massacre and counter-massacre : Turks, Greeks, and Armenians -- Massacre and economic efficiency : the Stalin era -- Massacre as fratricide : the Spanish Civil War -- Massacre as a tactical exigency : the choice-of-evils problem -- Massacre as a matter of policy : the SS at Lidice and Oradour -- Massacre by proxy : Vichy and the Jews -- Massacre as a strategic extremity : the Allied bombing offensive 1942-45 -- Massacre and liberation I : The colonial situation -- Massacre and liberation II : the colonial aftermath -- Aggression and moral responsibility -- Appendix : massacre and the occult.