The politics of genocide / by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Edward S.

Contributor:

Peterson, David, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--History.

Genocide.

Political crimes and offenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this impressive book, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson examine the uses and abuses of the word "genocide." They argue persuasively that the label is highly politicized and that in the United States it is used by the government, journalists, and academics to brand as evil those nations and political movements that in one way or another interfere with the imperial interests of U.S. capitalism. Thus the word "genocide" is seldom applied when the perpetrators are U.S. allies (or even the United States itself), while it is used almost indiscriminately when murders are committed or are alleged

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Reflections on The Politics of Genocide; Foreword; Introduction; CONSTRUCTIVE GENOCIDES; 1. The Iraq Sanctions-Regime Killings; 2. The Iraq Invasion-Occupation; NEFARIOUS GENOCIDES; 1. The Darfur Wars and Killings; 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3. Kosovo; 4. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo; SOME BENIGN BLOODBATHS; 1. Israel: Sabra and Shatila; 2. Israel: The Gaza Invasion of December 2008-January 2009; 3. Croatia's Operation Storm; 4. Dasht-e-Leili (Afghanistan); 5. Turkey's Kurds vs. Iraq's Kurds; 6. Indonesia and East Timor-Liquiçá; 7. El Salvador and Guatemala

MYTHICAL BLOODBATHSRačak; Concluding Note; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781583673867

1583673865

9781583673874

1583673873

OCLC:

823719731