Genocide from the Advent of Communism to the End of the Twentieth Century [electronic resource] : History and Comparative Analysis

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grenke, Arthur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--History--20th century.

Genocide--Political aspects.

Genocide.

Local Subjects:

Genocide--History--20th century.

Genocide--Political aspects.

Genocide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second book on genocide by Arthur Grenke marks an important change in the forces contributing to genocide. Prior to the Russian Revolution acts of genocide were usually committed on the conquered by the conquerors. However, after 1917 the Soviets and later the Nazis initiated programs of mass genocide and set the framework for later genocides that followed during the late 20th century. Victims of genocide were often designated as targets to be destroyed for political, ethnic, religious, and pseudo-scientific reasons. By eliminating the perceived internal threat, those who committed genoci

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Case Studies Science, Faith, and Mass Destruction: Introduction; Chapter One Mass Destruction and Building the Communist Utopia in the Soviet Union; Chapter Two: Nazi War and Revolution; Chater Three Establishing the Marxist Utopia in China and Mass Destruction; Chapter Four Urban Cleansing, Ethnic Cleansing, and Mass Destruction in Cambodia; Chapter Five Communist and Nazi Mass Destructions - Similarities and Differences; Case Studies Decolonization, Ethnic Cleansing and Mass Destruction: Intorduction

Chapter Six The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Mass DestructionMass Destruction and the Adjustment of Power Relations Between Former Subjects of the european Colonial Powers in Africa and Asia; Chapter Seven Bangladesh; Targeting Tutsis for Destruction in Rwanda; East Timor; Conclusion

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-2052-5

OCLC:

777401182