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1 online resource (xxix, 358 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Challenge of Genocide; Explaining Genocide; Who Are the Perpetrators?; Genocide and War; Modern Genocide: Analyzing the Controversies and Issues; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Defining Genocide; Chapter 1: Is the United Nations' 1948 Definition of Genocide Still Viable Given More Recent Genocidal Events?; 1.1 Background Essay; 1.2 The Concept of Genocide; 1.3 Genocide: The Definitional Problem; 1.4 Is the Definition of Genocide Still Viable?; Further Reading; Part 2: Genocide before 1945 |
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Chapter 2: Did the American Indian Wars Constitute Genocide?2.1 Background Essay; 2.2 Cultural Genocide of Native American People; 2.3 A Clash of Incompatible Cultures; 2.4 Three Centuries of Genocide; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Were Australian Aborigines Subject to Genocide?; 3.1 Background Essay; 3.2 Not Genocide: Historical Controversy over Australian Aborigines; 3.3 Multiple Phases of Genocide; 3.4 Genocidal Intent in the Context of Australia; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?; 4.1 Background Essay; 4.2 Omission Not Commission |
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4.3 English Policy in IrelandFurther Reading; Chapter 5: Was the Destruction of the Hereros Simply a Part of the Colonial Process, or Was It a Deliberate Policy of Genocidal Annihilation?; 5.1 Background Essay; 5.2 Influence of War on German Colonial Policy; 5.3 Racism and the Herero Genocide; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Why Is the Armenian Genocide Not as Well Known as Some Other Major Genocides?; 6.1 Background Essay; 6.2 The Armenian Genocide: The Politics of Memory; 6.3 Historical Amnesia and the Armenian Genocide; 6.4 Public Memory and Official Denial; Further Reading |
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Chapter 7: Do the United States, Israel, and the United Nations Have Valid Reasons for Not Formally Recognizing the Armenian Genocide?7.1 Background Essay; 7.2 Problem of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide and International Relations with Modern Turkey; 7.3 Diplomacy and Denial: Reluctance to Recognize the Armenian Genocide; 7.4 Deliberate Forgetfulness: Diplomacy and Denial; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Was the Ukrainian Famine (the Holodomor of the Early 1930s) a Genocide?; 8.1 Background Essay; 8.2 Deliberate Inaction: Soviet Policies and Holodomor |
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8.3 Holodomor and the UN Genocide Convention Criteria8.4 Intentionality and the Holodomor; Further Reading; Chapter 9: Should the Allies Have Bombed Auschwitz?; 9.1 Background Essay; 9.2 Allies Should Have Bombed Rail Lines; 9.3 Bombing Auschwitz and Political Will; 9.4 Gauging Success: What Would Bombing Auschwitz Have Accomplished?; 9.5 Diverted Resources and Grand Strategy; Further Reading; Chapter 10: Was the Vatican a Bystander to the Holocaust?; 10.1 Background Essay; 10.2 Waiting for an Answer: Closed Archives and Pope Pius XII; 10.3 Moral Leadership of Pope Pius XII |
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10.4 Role of Bystanders: Lacking a Comprehensive Picture |
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Genocide -- History -- Sources
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Crimes against humanity -- History -- Sources
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War crimes -- History -- Sources
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Crimes against humanity
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Genocide
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War crimes
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781440864681 |
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1440864683 |
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