Final solutions mass killing and genocide in the twentieth century
Valentino, Benjamin A 1971-
Final solutions mass killing and genocide in the twentieth century Mass killing and genocide in the twentieth century - Ithaca Cornell University Press 2004 - viii,317p. 24 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs . - Cornell studies in security affairs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-309) and index.
Introduction: Mass Killing in Historical and Theoretical Perspective -- Mass Killing and Genocide -- The Perpetrators and the Public -- The Strategic Logic of Mass Killing -- Communist Mass Killings: The Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia -- Ethnic Mass Killings: Turkish Armenia, Nazi Germany, and Rwanda -- Counterguerilla Mass Killings: Guatemala and Afghanistan -- Conclusion: Anticipating and Preventing Mass Killing. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"Final Solutions focuses on three types of mass killings: communist mass killings like the ones carried out in the Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia; ethnic genocides as in Armenia, Nazi Germany, and Rwanda; and "counterguerilla" campaigns including the brutal civil war in Guatemala and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Valentino closes the book by arguing that attempts to prevent mass killing shoud focus on disarming and removing from power the leaders and small groups responsible for instigating and organizing the killing."--BOOK JACKET.
9780801472732
2003019941
Genocide--History--20th century.
Massacres--History--20th century.
Political atrocities--History--20th century.
War crimes--History--20th century.
Crimes against humanity--History--20th century.
Genocide--Prevention.
Intervention (International law)
HV6322.7 / .V35 2004
364.1510904 / VA-F
Final solutions mass killing and genocide in the twentieth century Mass killing and genocide in the twentieth century - Ithaca Cornell University Press 2004 - viii,317p. 24 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs . - Cornell studies in security affairs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-309) and index.
Introduction: Mass Killing in Historical and Theoretical Perspective -- Mass Killing and Genocide -- The Perpetrators and the Public -- The Strategic Logic of Mass Killing -- Communist Mass Killings: The Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia -- Ethnic Mass Killings: Turkish Armenia, Nazi Germany, and Rwanda -- Counterguerilla Mass Killings: Guatemala and Afghanistan -- Conclusion: Anticipating and Preventing Mass Killing. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"Final Solutions focuses on three types of mass killings: communist mass killings like the ones carried out in the Soviet Union, China, and Cambodia; ethnic genocides as in Armenia, Nazi Germany, and Rwanda; and "counterguerilla" campaigns including the brutal civil war in Guatemala and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Valentino closes the book by arguing that attempts to prevent mass killing shoud focus on disarming and removing from power the leaders and small groups responsible for instigating and organizing the killing."--BOOK JACKET.
9780801472732
2003019941
Genocide--History--20th century.
Massacres--History--20th century.
Political atrocities--History--20th century.
War crimes--History--20th century.
Crimes against humanity--History--20th century.
Genocide--Prevention.
Intervention (International law)
HV6322.7 / .V35 2004
364.1510904 / VA-F