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Modern Genocide - A Documentary and Reference Guide (Hardcover)
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Modern Genocide - A Documentary and Reference Guide (Hardcover)
Series: Documentary and Reference Guides
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This book provides an indispensable resource for anyone researching
the scourge of mass murder in the 20th and 21st centuries,
effectively using primary source documents to help them understand
all aspects of genocide. This illuminating primary source
collection closely examines and analyzes primary documents related
to genocides, focusing on genocidal events from the beginning of
the 20th century to the present. Thematically organized into eight
sections, each document comes with an introduction and analysis
written by the author that helps provide the crucial historical
background for the users of this title to learn about the
complexities of genocide. The first section considers a range of
definitional matters relating to genocide, crimes against humanity,
and war crimes; the second section relates to warnings of impending
genocide, and how they have been received; the third considers
atrocities and how they have been perpetrated; the fourth is an
examination ofexamines a range of resistance initiatives that have
been taken in response to genocide; the fifth looks at reactions to
genocide from outside actors; the sixth considers the ways in which
states have intervened to stop genocide; the seventh relates to
post-genocide justice measures; and the eighth section relates to
how states and NGOs have sought to prevent genocide. Offers a large
number of documents relating to various genocides, demonstrating
the multifaceted nature of this crime in various settings Presents
the reader with an analysis of each document to help contextualize
and explain it Allows documents to "speak for themselves," setting
out the parameters of genocide, what events actually occurred, and
what was done afterwards Provides a short list of further reading
at the conclusion of each document to assist readers looking to
further research the topic
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