... A] milestone on the path toward a more sophisticated
analysis of a key feature of human cruelty... This volume's] goal
is exploration and inspiration of further research in, and
discussion of, the history of massacres... It] does an excellent
job in doing exactly this, and I am sure it will serve for a long
time as a major reference book in the broader field of mass
violence studies. Thomas Kuhne, Strassler Center for Holocaust
& Genocide Studies, Clark University
Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the
history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing
interest among historians. The premise underlying this collection
is that massacres were an integral, if not accepted part (until
quite recently) of warfare, and that they were often fundamental to
the colonizing process in the early modern and modern worlds.
Making a deliberate distinction between 'massacre' and 'genocide',
the editors call for an entirely separate and new subject under the
rubric of 'Massacre Studies', dealing with mass killings that are
not genocidal in intent. This volume offers a reflection on the
nature of mass killings and extreme violence across regions and
across centuries, and brings together a wide range of approaches
and case studies.
Philip G. Dwyer is Associate Professor in Modern European
History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published
widely on the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. His monograph
"Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769-1799" (2008) won the Australian
National Biography Award.
Lyndall Ryan is Conjoint Professor of History at the University
of Newcastle. Her classic text, "The Aboriginal Tasmanians," first
published in 1981, opened up the field of colonial frontier
violence in Australia. Since then she has published widely on
settler massacres on the Australian colonial frontier.
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