Many of the world's leading authorities from history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the 20th century in this excellent collection. Contributors Irving L. Horowitz and Roger W. Smith provide broad interpretative introductions to the subject. The essays explore events from the Armenian Genocide and the Ukrainian famine up to the Bosnian and Rwandan genocides. Thirteen of the fourteen essays are previously unpublished.

Many of the world's leading authorities in history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the twentieth century. Featured authors include Irving Louis Horowitz, Helen Fein, Vahakn Dadrian, Roger W. Smith, Henry Huttenbach, Ervin Staub, and Turkish historian Taner Ak . The volume covers the genocides of the Armenians, Ukrainians, Jews, Gypsies, Rwandans and Bosnians, and also topics of genocide denial and prevention.