- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Contents
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Introduction. The mass murder and genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan
Pt. I. Genocide and modernity. Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East Timor / Ben Kiernan
The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century / Eric D. Weitz
Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and microhistory of mass murder / Omer Bartov
Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity / Marie Fleming
Pt. II. Indigenous peoples and colonial issues. Genocides of indigenous peoples: rhetoric of human rights / Elazar Barkan
Military culture and the production of "final solutions" in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany / Isabel V. Hull
"Encirclement and annihilation": the Indonesian occupation of East Timor / John G. Taylor
Pt. III. The era of the two World Wars. Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war / Jay Winter
The mechanism of a mass crime: the great terror in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 / Nicolas Werth
The Third Reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide / Robert Gellately
Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of genocide / Gavan McCormack
Pt. 4. Genocide and mass murder since 1945. "When the world turned to chaos": 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma
Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi
Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state / Robert Melson
History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide / Greg Grandin
Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin
Conclusions. Investigating genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan
Appendix. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Gellately, Robert, 1943-
Kiernan, Ben.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. The mass murder and genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan -- Pt. I. Genocide and modernity. Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East Timor / Ben Kiernan -- The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century / Eric D. Weitz -- Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and microhistory of mass murder / Omer Bartov -- Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity / Marie Fleming -- Pt. II. Indigenous peoples and colonial issues. Genocides of indigenous peoples: rhetoric of human rights / Elazar Barkan -- Military culture and the production of "final solutions" in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany / Isabel V. Hull -- "Encirclement and annihilation": the Indonesian occupation of East Timor / John G. Taylor -- Pt. III. The era of the two World Wars. Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war / Jay Winter -- The mechanism of a mass crime: the great terror in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 / Nicolas Werth -- The Third Reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide / Robert Gellately -- Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of genocide / Gavan McCormack -- Pt. 4. Genocide and mass murder since 1945. "When the world turned to chaos": 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma -- Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi -- Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state / Robert Melson -- History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide / Greg Grandin -- Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin -- Conclusions. Investigating genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan -- Appendix. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
