Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur, Paperback - Ben Kiernan

For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing ...

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At the end of World War II, the international community deemed genocide a crime against humanity. Yet, at the dawn of the twenty-first century it h...

6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president's plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for ...

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Contributor(s): Author: Norman M. NaimarkGenocide occurs in every time period and on every continent. Using the 1948 U.N. definition of genocide as...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Armenian Genocide, then keep reading...During 1915 to 1923, one and a half million Armenian ...

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DescriptionAs deputy to the U.S. ambassador in Rwanda, Joyce E. Leader witnessed the tumultuous prelude to genocide--a period of political wranglin...

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Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey S. BachmanNumber of pages: 226Collection: Genocide, Political Violence, Human RightsPublicati...

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