Studies in comparative genocide / edited by Levon Chorbajian and George Shirinian.

Originally presented at a conference held in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State power and genocidal intent : on the uses of genocide in the twentieth century / Roger W. Smith -- Science, modernity and authorized terror : reconsidering the genocidal state / Irving L. Horowitz -- Comparison of genocides / Yehuda Bauer -- A conceptual method for examining the consequences of the Armenian genocide / Rouben P. Adalian -- Philosophy of state-subject relations, Ottoman concepts of tyranny, and the demonization of subjects : conservative Ottomanism as a source of genocidal behavior, 1821-1918 / James J. Reid -- The convergent roles of the state and a governmental party in the Armenian genocide / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- The genocide of the Armenians and the silence of the Turks / Taner Akçam -- Turkey : a cultural genocide / Anush Hovanissian -- Testing theories brutally : Armenia (1915), Bosnia (1992) and Rwanda (1994) / Helen Fein -- Pol Pot and Enver Pasha : a comparison of the Cambodian and Armenian genocides / Ben Kiernan -- The Ukrainian famine of 1932-3 : the role of the Ukrainian diaspora in research and public discussion / Frank Sysyn -- The psychology and politics of genocidal denial : a comparison of four case studies -- Henry R. Huttenbach -- Breaking the succession of evil / Franklin H. Littell -- Preventing genocide : activating bystanders, helping victims heal, helping groups overcome hostility / Ervin Staub.